When people wish for harmony, I wish for chaos. I'd rather see imaginative means of self-destruction, than to see laziness and wasted potential.

People need to stop accepting the evidence of reality, and start questioning it.

Those who reach for the Sun, usually drop the world.

Sometimes, you have to step into oblivion, in order to paint success.

I am not a man of fear, but I am a man that knows how to fear. Without fear, we become lazy. Without fear, we become reckless. Fear doesn't limit a man, it keeps the man sharp.

A man who does not doubt the courage of a woman, is a man that is subjugated by her will and allure.

The mind is a universe, and it has the power to completely create any possibility.

Power is the gem of necessity. Without observing power, identity remains undiscovered.

The illusion is reality. The only contradiction is the observer.

Isn't it funny how ignorance is the source of strength of so many?

You only know of existence, once you rebel. You only know of life, once you die.

Changing your attitude, your outlook, your mindset, perspective, disposition, or mood—they all mean controlling where you allow your thoughts to linger.

Loving yourself may seem like the hardest thing to do. But it's the greatest gift you can give yourself. If you're waiting for someone else to do it for you, you're wasting your time.

The universe is infinite, and abundance is the default nature of things.

When you invest your time and energy in stuff that drags you down, you die a little bit every day.

When you are no longer a boy, you have to be tough.

Not to say that you should be constantly trying to change the world, but I think it's important to know that whatever we do has an implication and has an effect, and because of that it is political.

Nothing jazzes me up like football. I've acquired more passion of the years, not less. Not to love it wouldn't make sense.

Success can't be forced.

The problem that we have is that most Americans don't even study American history, let alone Pinochet, Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin and all these guys.

Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page.