"It is a radiant truth that do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that the essence of humanity is our ability to connect."

"I don't think I've ever been an agnostic. I've always thought there's a superior power, that this is not the real world and that there's a world to come."

"You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent God, the all-great God, the Almighty God, the most powerful God, the giver of life God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary."

"Every success story has a parent who says, 'over my dead body.' Every success story has an old person who walks up to you and says, when you're acting the fool, 'you know I worry about you sometimes.'"

"In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash."

"The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."