Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit.

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.

Life is a spark between two identical voids, the darkness before birth and the one after death.

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.

The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.

The love of God is the first love.

Today is all you have.Pursue your goals.

At some point all lies are brought to the surface and truth comes forth no matter how hard we try to hide it.

Wherever there are qualities there are likewise quantities, but not always vice versa.

She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.

The sun in on the harbor, love, And I wish I could remain, For I know it will be some long, long time, Before I see you again.

Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.

If anything can rival Venice in its beauty, it must be its reflection at sunset in the Grand Canal.

I was a kid who liked art and theater and dance and music, but if you lived in Harlem, high culture was somewhere else, and it wasn't black.

I have great samples of my drums and I try to program them pretty much how I want to play them, try and make it feel natural even though it's programmed.