"When purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a steadfast truth that every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below."

"It is a profound truth that every scar carries the quiet memory of a battle faced and survived — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana that brought me back. I guess it was a comfort because something that sounded so right - and non-commercial - had become so influential, so immediately."

"In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."

"I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids! The judges were like, 'Very interesting interpretation!' I thought I was playing it right."

"Justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good."