Who ignores the time walks in darkness, and who explores it is illumined by a great light.

The man who persists in knocking will succeed in entering.

I went out into the garden in the morning dusk, When sorrow enveloped me like a cloud; And the breeze brought to my nostril the odor of spices, As balm of healing for a sick soul.

Love blinds us to faults, hatred to virtues.

Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.

A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take.

Bitter is wine, but it sweetens all bitterness.

A proverb has three characteristics: few words, good sense, and a fine image.

Words are like bodies; meanings are like souls.

Beware the man who has two faces and two hearts.

Sorrow shatters my heart; And men distress it with blame, Because it follows love.

The best self help book I've ever read was, The little Engine that Could.

I knew so many gangsters, and I call on that experience with them for characters.

Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - 'St. Anger' being the fire and 'Death Magnetic' being the phoenix.

I can't stand being stagnant. Every day is a new opportunity to achieve something, even on a small scale.

No one has a right to hoard things which he cannot use.

I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.

If you cut corners you just keep on going in circles.

I still want to make a pop record. I want to make a more sonically current pop record. I maybe want to make people move a little bit more.

If you leave you leaving the best, so you would have to settle for less.

The song of the curved line is called happiness.