The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.

It isn’t hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow.

Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.

Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face.

The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew.

The world was floods above and fire below

Oh, everything is gorgeous once it's gone.

The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the novel world about her serves as the most appropriate accessory.

The devil is a very big angel, but a very little man.

How can you tell somebody who is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?

Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail.

You’re not buying news when you buy The New York Times. You’re buying judgment.

No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart, nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it.

I always wanted children, but not until they were actually part of my life did I realize that I could love that fiercely, or get that angry.

Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

Only emotion objectified endures.

I have been doing voice work my entire life, and I adore it. It is really rewarding stuff.

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it.