Archived Quotes

They can conquer

who believe they can

Virgil

Nothing can harm you

as much as your own thoughts unguarded.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Life is complicated.

Politics is complicated.

But sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith.

I’ve always been drawn to eccentric people

they keep life interesting.

A table,

a chair,

a bowl of fruit and a violin;

what else does a man need to be happy?

There is no substitute for hard work.

Sometimes the heart wants what it wants,

even if it breaks.

What can be asserted without evidence

can be dismissed without evidence.

Anyone who doesn't take truth

seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

I’m not afraid to be different.

Nothing is so painful to the human mind

as a great and sudden change.

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

We have not invaded anyone.

We have not conquered anyone.

We have not grabbed their land,

their culture,

their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.

I'm a pretty nice dude.

I have fun,

and people take it the wrong way.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

The goal of my shows,

my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it,

whatever ventures I might pursue,

would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far

more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

Doubt is only removed by action.

If you’re not working,

then that’s where doubt comes in.

I would never allow anyone to give me money,

no difference how badly I needed it,

I wanted literally to earn my living.