When we repay unkindness with unkindness, we perpetuate the cycle of negativity within which our world is embroiled. We have the right and responsibility to choose differently.

Time grants a unique perspective which allows us to see events through a filter of accumulated wisdom.

Humankind has turned to world into a cruel and inhospitable place. The thing that makes it all bearable is the potential for loving companionship.

What makes one strong is not the ability to confront adversity and cruelty, but rather the ability to love in spite of it.

When our thoughts, at times, wander into darkness... remember we are human and have been imbued with free will to choose the light.

Getting healthy will always result in weight loss as a side effect, but a side effect of dieting and weight loss is often poorer health.

It is only when one is under extreme duress that one's true character is revealed.

Life is a gift. Treat each moment with anticipation and gratitude.

In any given situation you will find only what you bring with you...

I am a rock in a sea of despair and yearning. Take hold of me and together we may form an island of hope and plenty.

Life is like a DVR recording. The story goes on, but you cannot see it until you fast forward through the commercials

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.

Retiring from writing is not to retire from life, but retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to deliver as its end product, in almost every case.

The more tickets you have in a lottery, the worse your chance. And it is the same of virtues, in the lottery of life.

Youve got to take advantage of those guys outside. Its frustrating.

No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be demonstrated mathematically.

I'm not like John Lennon, who thought he was the great Almighty. I just think I'm John Lennon.

Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?

Don’t you have a girlfriend or family you’d rather be with? (Geary) Only Solin, and honestly, he’s not this soft. Even if he was, it’d be gross. (Arik)

What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind.