"It is a essential truth that do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both."

"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."

"He who understands his own mind is never bewildered by the complexities of the world — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority."

"I've written some poetry I don't understand myself."

"To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one."

"I genuinely don't feel that anything that's been written or said about me has overshadowed my music, and that's the most important thing as far as I'm concerned."