. . . the history of the race, from infancy through its stages of barbarism, heathenism, civilization, and Christianity, is a process of suffering, as the lower principles of humanity are gradually subjected to the higher.
Life is malleable and the hammer is desire.
There are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all reach the top.
A woman with opinions had better develop a thick skin and a loud voice.
Nay, it's not the Devil been leading her astray. It's books! That girl has been nothing but trouble ever since she learned how to read.
As I grew up I got cynical. I'd see Mother enthusiastic and involved with charlatans. Numerologists and astrologists who charged five hundred dollars for a 'reading' which was so vague you could twist the meaning any way you wanted.
The soul. . . may have many symbols with which it reaches toward God.
A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas.
If we measured life in the things that almost happened, we wouldn't get anywhere.
Through artists mankind becomes an individual, in that they unite the past and the future in the present. They are the higher organ of the soul, where the life spirits of entire external mankind meet and in which inner mankind first acts.
Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you.