The treachery of demons is nothing compared to the betrayal of an angel.
As for my own truncated secondary education, my head was in the clouds as my mom would say, or if you asked my father, up my ass.
The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.
I remember my son wanted to go to bed with his cowboy boots on, and we had this fight for like an hour. Then I realized that the only good reason I had for him not to do it is because I didn't want him to. There was really no other reason. And finally I said, "OK, fine. " It was a great victory for me, because I realized it doesn't really matter.
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
Do the right thing, and then do the next right thing, and that will lead you to the next right thing after that.
Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.
Facts are more mundane than fantasies, but a better basis for conclusions.
I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.
Get yourself empty in the Eastern sense. Not in the Western sense. In the Western sense when we feel empty we feel lonely, miserable, but in the Eastern sense - "I'm so empty, because I'm filled with everything, and I'm connected to everything. " It's very energizing. You want that kind of emptiness, whatever you have to do to get yourself quiet.
I'm not big on trying to label it [my rap] or trying to prove people otherwise. I'm just making records that I like and that I wanna make. I'm just making records that relate to me and that relate to my life. If you listen to what I'm saying I'm not talking about anything that isn't my life. I take pride in having truthful lyrics.