All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it.

Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

A person preaches well that lives well.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

Show love, compassion, protection & generosity to those who depend on you – in fact, to everyone.

What is to give light must endure burning.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

Not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.