It's impracticable to halt the exponential advancement of technology.

Our language for describing emotions is very crude... that's what music is for, I guess.

God always ignores the present perfection for the ultimate perfection.

I think this is the essence of life: to be willing circle back, to fall in deeper, to relearn what I thought I already knew.

Chicago has very few public spaces where people are encouraged to get together. It's partly to prevent riots, and also to segregate a city with a history of racial segregation.

We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.

Homesickness for the gutter.

Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.

Look after yourself and each other.

Never stop dreaming, because dreams DO come true.

There is a simplicity that exists on the far side of complexity, and there is a communication of sentiment and attitude not to be discovered by careful exegesis of a text.

Life should be fun not dumb