It is in your nature to destroy yourselves..

The way towards 'wisdom' or towards 'freedom' is the way towards your inner being. This is the simplest definition of metaphysics..

Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself..

I do to others what they do to me, only worse..

Failure is just success rounded down..

Don't just consume things, create things.

Do not destroy what you cannot create..

Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of our heads..

My Precious, my Precious..

I have no wisdom and nothing useful to tell you - I only mentioned this because it came into my head..

Women destroy me. I allow them to..

I have to reinvent myself..

I'm German, after all..

I am opposed to the redefinition of marriage..

We all have our own personal Andes..

No one can stop what God has for you..

There is power in forgiveness..

If this enormous pressure didn't exist, I wouldn't have been elected. It would have been one of the usual candidates..

The things we fear about poetry are the things that are good about poetry..

What we see is not always what exists..

...friendship is something you do..