It doesn't seem to make any sense, but then it never does! It's usually only afterwards when the pieces finally fit together, that you're left standing there thinking how obvious it always was.

they were forbidden words, laced with the fear of transgression and sin.

I’m not a rebel. I was sent here to protect, not to harm.

And who is to say the truth can’t be a miracle?

Those that know, do not need explanations, and those that do not, would not understand any explanations.

The roots of the abundant life may seem bitter, but its fruits are sweet.

Bravery usually looked stupid from the outside.

Don’t dwell too much on the past. The lessons are useful for the present and a preparation for the future. Move on!

It’s not the public opinion of what you are that matters, but the private personality of who you are!

Never place yourself above your fellow man, for we are all, each and every one of us, born of equal rights to the nourishing earth beneath and the wonder of the stars above.

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it's wrong to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture.

There is a mass of immigrants, a million of them without work. We will stop this invasion.

Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.

I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows.

All writers are thieves; theft is a necessary tool of the trade.