The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

We have conversations with each other most nights - Sylvia Plath and me!

When did we, as Christ followers, start to think that the church exists for us? When did we forget that we are the church? And that we're here for the world?

How can it be wrong? Love picks the right path, not the one of least resistance.

Imitation causes us to leave natural ways to enter into artificial ones; it therefore makes slaves.

Don't let pain define you. I do that a lot... but we can fight it all together. That's what I love about us and our fans. we fight together.

The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.

I've always loved Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness movies.

If you have to go through life being unhappy to conform to society around you, that's not a very good deal.

We [the U.S.] think nothing... of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.

The willingness to listen and act on your inspiration is imperative if you're going to live the life you desire.