Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret nor observes a promise.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about.

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Neither worse then or better is a thing made by being praised.

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Freedom and independence form my character.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.