My life is a constant struggle between what they want me to be, what I want me to be, and who I’m being instead.

Hatred doesn’t need company. It stews in its own loneliness and can grow still. Love needs companions. Love alone is daunted. Love together is unbound and unrestricted.

How can you trust only yourself when your eyes can blind you, your ears deceive you, when you speak that which you don’t mean, and do that which you planned against?

The depth of a man is a limit only he can know, should he have the courage to explore into the dark.

Having the courage to stand up for yourself is like bringing swords to a stick fight.

To turn down knowledge is to resign to ignorance.

Saying 'I don’t know' is one of the most powerful things you can say because it creates the potential to find out.

If you are lacking confidence in something, just keep trying and don’t give up.

The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight. It's the easiest way out, and the most satisfactory to self-respect--but, nearly invariably, the stupidest.

I do like talking with friends about big concepts, you know, the stuff that will ruin a party. To me, the party hasn't begun until we're talking about the nonexistence of God.

moving on is a gift you give yourself.

It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.

We need to talk with each other, honestly, simply, caringly.

This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.

I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.

When you have too many people and you're trying to satisfy everybody's input, you usually end up with something so incredibly generic that it has no point of view.

Lili manages to mix Kate Bush with modern influences to make a beautifully unique sound based around her amazing violin skills and soulful voice.