My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when i was knocked down.

I can live with the pain of losing but I can't live with the thought of not having tried my best.

His chair glides a few inches closer and he's in my face, all shoulders and cologne.

Scars speak for you. They say you're strong, and you've survived something that might have killed others.

I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once and cannot add up the sum.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

The Word of God conceived in the heart, formed by the tongue, and spoken out of the mouth is creative power.

Life and death are not properly scientific concepts but rather political concepts, which as such acquire a political meaning precisely only through a decision.

I know texture is really important, but I think texture and stuff precedes songwriting a lot of the time these days.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you'll buy products that they're advertising.

Safety is the most unsafe spiritual path you can take. Safety keeps you numb and dead. People are caught by surprise when it is time to die. They have allowed themselves to live so little.