There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

One man with courage is a majority.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

Only in the darkness, you are able to see the stars.

United we stand; divided we fall.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If youre not, pretend you are.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.