By daily dying, I have come to be.

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go.

What is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.

Scientists are human—they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process.

The right priorities in planning will help you to avoid fuss, tiredness and overwork

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

It's somehow more comforting to imagine that one's suffering is unique, and to measure against what one doesn't know, rather than against what one does.

I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky.

I love you, because the love you gave me was the only love I've ever had, the only love I ever will have

A true man of piety will consider himself a sinner and, therefore, untouchable.

I type 40 words per minute on a normal computer with my left foot. And with two cups of coffee, I can do 53 words per minute.

The first song I wrote was "Look Both Ways Before You Cross" from Imaginaryland. I started the song by singing a bass line, "hoo hoo hoo hoo."

Being good to people is the only insurance policy you need.