By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

What is once well done is done forever.

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I serve God.

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Be the hunter, not the hunted.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

Basically, I live to do gigs.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

We’re just enthusiastic about what we do.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Men willingly believe what they wish.

It’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

Giving up cannot be an option.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Hope is a waking dream.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

We’re in the last days, man – I truly, in my heart, believe that. It’s written. I could go on with biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it’s about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

Not only does God play dice, but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.

I’d like to think you don’t stop being creative once you get happy.

I don’t really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.

Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.

Where the mind goes, the man follows.

We spend our lives, all of us, waiting for the great day, the great battle, or the deed of power. But that external consummation is not given to many: nor is it necessary. So long as our being is tensed, directed with passion, towards that which is the spirit of all things, then that spirit will emerge from our own hidden, nameless effort.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

I do not think I should care to go on worshipping a Madonna even if she did wink. One cannot make much out of a wink. We want something more than that from the object of our adoration.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

I’d rather be a victor than a victim.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment – I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I’m on to the next thing. I don’t want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

There is no substitute for victory.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.