He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

A person preaches well that lives well.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

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

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

The future ain't what it used to be.

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

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

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.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.

The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Freedom lies in being bold.