It is time. You must lead. Ultimately everyone must at some time lead.

We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the life we wish to lead.

I had to learn to forgive myself, not to judge, but to learn from the past. They showed me how vital it is to accept, be truthful, and love myself. So I could do the same with others.

If you go to bed at night and think about your day and you haven't laughed very much, then you must jump out of bed and go do something fun.

You either have faith or fear, not both. Things, they think, generate fear. The more things you have, the more you have to fear. Eventually you are living your life for things.

Forget the pain. Learn to endure. Focus your attention elsewhere.

I have learned that everything is an opportunity for spiritual enrichment.

If I simply live the principles that appear to be truth for me, I will touch the lives of those I am destined to touch.

Truth is truth. If you hurt someone, you hurt self. If you help someone, you help self.

All diseases and disorders have some spiritual connection and serve as stepping stones for us to listen to and learn from.

The only way to pass a test is to take the test

Be a song in someone's heart.

Don't let a mediocre person tell you what you are capable of or how your future is going to be.

Consider every choice carefully, no matter how small, for it will affect the bigger decisions you make.

The money will always be a problem even if you're a multi-billionaire. Be happy with what you do.

I still follow that model: just go hard every day, and take it one step at a time.

People have asked me why I made the first chapter of my first novel so long, and in an invented English. The only answer I can come up with that satisfies me is, 'To keep out the scum.'

Sure I may look adjusted, but I can't function in normal society because most of you are too stupid.

How far we travel in life matters far less than those we meet along the way.

The definition of adulthood is that you want to sleep.

I've always regretted the fact that I've never formally studied and learned the mechanics of writing music.