...Never opt for war, no matter how simple it may seem, especially when you know that peace is achievable, even if achieving that peace entails going through a complicated and protracted process,

...No man is foolish when his friend betrays him because a man’s world is most serene when he has people to trust and call friends. After all, is it not often said that a friend is another self?

…blissfulness is the summit of contentment…

Sometimes, our pride compels us to engage in costly wars when a true commitment to a compromising peace would have been the best course to pursue.

...Bad leaders are known to destroy one, more or even all of the foundations of their people’s way of life...

Isn’t materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?

Life is so sweet even though it is full of lies and half truths...

I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You're not just imagining things. It's tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.

Because when we're in space, my job is primarily getting us there and getting us back.

I'm not Jesus Christ but I can turn water into Kool-Aid.

I find when I have short hair, I feel like I have nothing to hide behind anymore.

Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits, and corporeal pain? He barr'd from every use of wealth, Envies the ploughman's strength and health.

The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining, and delighting us, as nothing else can.

What we call results are beginnings.

With sports, you get the results back right away. With life, it's not always so black and white.

Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!

Hard disks have disappointed me more than most technologies.