Winter is the time for study, you know, and the colder it is the more studious we are.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

Nothing can save you from hate, empty all your treasures and give it to people and one out of the multitudes will curse you, so live your life to please yourself and not others.

the ego likes to emphasize the 'otherness' of others

It is these big-hearted sons of the soil, no matter what their cast or creed, who will one day weld the contending factions into a composite whole, and make of India a great nation.

I think that dating other musicians can be complicated at times. Especially when they think highly of themselves.

An adult has the opportunity to enjoy the wisdom gleaned from previous decades of living and experience.

I'm a compassionate conservative.

God is nearer to us than our own spirit

Your problems pale in comparison with those of the millions of people in the world who do not have enough to eat.

The formats have changed so much, and even if you look at alternative music today, most of it isn't really that alternative. It's just good, strong, modern music.

Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat.