According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an order. In truth, there are atoms and a void.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Life unexamined, is not worth living.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.

The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.

My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.

Culture was actually humanity’s attempt to extend the womb.

countries who have a longer past are better able see further forward into the future and think about extending the time period that they've already been around into the distant future.

I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better.

I have a somewhat sneaky way of effecting political change.

Want to shut a racist white guy's mouth. Put him around Super human athletic black dudes.

A warrior of the Light does not rely on strength alone; he makes use of his opponent's energy, too.

Worlds on worlds are rolling ever From creation to decay, Like the bubbles on a river Sparkling, bursting, borne away.

When you start at catering college, nobody prepares you for a book tour or public speaking.

When they talk about music getting in your blood, I understand exactly what they're talking about, because that is me.

As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.