Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Our first and last love is self-love.

The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

Division has done more to hide Christ from the view of men than all the infidelity that has ever been spoken.

If I had wings, no one would ask me: should I fly?

I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.

The truth was, it was myself I couldn't trust, my eyes from betraying my heart.

If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney.

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.

You hold all of our futures in your hands. So you better make it good.

One can abandon one's personal legend for a time, as long as one does not forget about it entirely and returns to it as soon as possible.

I write lyrics everyday as I go. I'm always taking notes in my phone whenever I am inspired by something. Most of my writing starts out as poetry before I put it into songs.