People tend to take stories literally these days.

To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True wildness is a love of nature, a delight in silence, a voice free to say spontaneous things, and an exuberant curiosity in the face of the unknown.

... where a man's wound is, that is where his genius will be.

We did not come to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, Trees that start again.

The door to the soul is unlocked; you do not need to please the doorkeeper, the door in front of you is yours, intended for you, and the doorkeeper obeys when spoken to.

Every part of you that you do not love will regress and become hostile towards you.

We make the path by walking.

It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.

There are a lot of men who are healthier at age fifty then they have ever been before, because a lot of their fear is gone.

The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness.

Every noon as the clock hands arrive at twelve, I want to tie the two arms together, And walk out of the bank carrying time in bags.

The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health.

A journey of four hundred and thirty miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in Turkey it takes as many days.

To be more successful, learn to distinguish between the truly unimportant and the truly important. Eventually you will be considered not only a genius, but a messiah as well.

A true friend is forever a friend.

I just want to work with people, so I always try to find a way to collaborate in the best way for the music.

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

I am totally unapologetic about pop music.

I want to win and I feel that pressure, but my career will not be a disaster if I do not win there. It is a dream to fulfill.

The best way to get past doubt and inexperience is simply action.