Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Cast away your sloth, your lethargy, your coldness, or whatever interferes with your chaste and pure love for Christ, your soul’s husband. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all your soul’s range of delight.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Wine gives a man nothing… it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

All art is but imitation of nature.

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

Death surrenders us totally to God: it makes us enter into him; we must, in return, surrender ourselves to death with absolute love and self-abandonment since, when death comes, all we can do is to surrender ourselves completely to the domination and guidance of God.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Work aside, we come to New York for the possibility of interaction and inspiration.

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Everywhere I go I find that people… both leaders and individuals… are asking one basic question, ‚Is there any hope for the future?‘ My answer is the same, ‚Yes, through Jesus Christ.‘

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.

The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.

Man’s only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

I’ve never been able to witness the birth of an idea. It seems as if one second, there’s nothing particularly going on, and the next second, something is there. It’s coming up out of my unconscious, up from places that I don’t even know where they are.

I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.

The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world.

The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

I’ve got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I’ve got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job.

What you guys want, I’m for.

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

If I’m inspired to make a certain kind of song, I’m going to make that kind of song, no matter if it’s what they know me as or think I am.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

We have one planet in our solar system that’s habitable, and that’s the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things.

We are not going to be satisfied by politicians saying ‚we support you‘ and then walking away. We won’t be satisfied until they meet our demands and act. That’s why simply taking a selfie or posting support on Twitter isn’t enough. That’s why we have to keep striking.

I only type every third night. I have no plan. My mind is a blank. I sit down. The typewriter gives me things I don’t even know I’m working on. It’s a free lunch. A free dinner. I don’t know how long it is going to continue, but so far there is nothing easier than writing.

Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It’s the same with me and writing.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

Where the mind goes, the man follows.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

I’m inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

Music is really driving my whole life.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you’ll be amazed at the results.

It is impossible to experience one’s death objectively and still carry a tune.

If you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I’m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I’ve got.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that’s not in me. I want to lift people up.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I’ve only ever had one.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

I owe everything to Nirvana. But I can’t let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn’t even want to talk about Nirvana. Partly because it was just painful to talk about losing Kurt but also because I wanted the Foo Fighters to mean something.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.