Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

The first year was like icing. Then the cake started to show through …

...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer...

What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?

Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues.

I get a lot more confidence winning games playing defense than winning the run-and-gun game.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.

None of you speaks for me. I speak for me. I am a judge. I am independent. I make up my own mind.

I do think there are deep structural things that are wrong in the world.

If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield.