When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

May you have a strong foundation when the winds of change shift...and may you be forever young.

Drawing is something I do on the side, I like to see it be of use at times.

You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real.

The Law can only chase a man to Calvary, no further.

I as a Muslim believe deeply in the differences that are within Islam. But I also take seriously the idea that we have to come to know one another.

It behooves every man to see that his influence is on the side of justice, and let the courts make their own characters.

Every life, even the best ones, ends in sadness. Books hold out hope that things may end otherwise.

I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.