Worry only about what you control. The rest is war.

The world he had left was not ready for his return, or rather, he was not ready to return to the world he had left.

For the good that I would: I do not, but the evil which I would not, I do.

All this is what it means to regret.

If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above?

...to imitate Western civilization in its spirit, its mode of life and its social organization is impossible without dealing a fatal blow to the very existence of Islam as an ideological proposition.

Faith in yourself and faith in God are the key to mastery of fear.

I have an innate fear of fame. I've never thought being famous looked like such a good place to be. I love being incognito.

When you're a young player, you try to prove yourself with your numbers and you try to prove your worth to the team. That can be an adverse situation because you can try to do too much.

England is a country of pianos, they are everywhere.

It doesn't cost a thing to smile.

The saddest thing is that when I sat down to rehearse for the Pixies, I couldn't believe that I had given up something that I loved. Now I hold the drum at night and I want to go to bed with it.

Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.

Every straight man I know is a feminist. They wouldn't be my friends if they weren't.