I write songs about myself because that’s the only thing I know.

The most important political development of the last half century has been the spread of liberal democracy around the world.

无论是赏心悦目的事物，还是实实在在的东西，我们从中获取幸福的关键似乎取决于这样一个事实，那就是我们必须首先满足自己情感或心理上的一些更为重要的需求，诸如对理解、爱、宣泄和尊重的需求。《旅行的艺术》

The chains that bind us most closely are the ones we have broken.

The power of imagination is infinite, and it is your link to the divine.

"We are all prisoners of our own desires, and freedom is just another form of captivity."