Irony is the cultivation of the spirit and therefore follows next after immediacy; then comes the ethicist, then the humourist, then the religious person.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Don't get your panties in such a twist... and give me back mine.

That society exists to frustrate the individual may be seen from its attitude to work. It is only morally acceptable if you do not want to do it. If you do want to, it becomes a personal pleasure.

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

I do think that some bands seem to be dabbling in the rock-hip-hop world and are not necessarily serious about it.

Don't tell us about dreams – dream dinners aren't any good and we can't share them.

I think as a person, I have a whole bunch of different sides to me.

I try to get as close to a childlike level as possible because we were all artists back then.

ObamaCare is a massive budget buster, that it is creating massive deficits in the future. And I really believe it's going to destroy the health care plan, the health care system in America.

The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.