“Good is not the opposite of evil, joy is the opposite of evil.”

“Our choices are truncated in evil's presence.”

“In joy, our choices may appear to be few, but one's responses are anything but confined, they're inspired, expanded.”

“Be careful how you choose your enemy, for you will come to resemble him. The moment you adapt your enemy's methods your enemy has won. The rest is suffering and historical opera. ”

“All paths cause pain, so to chose the safe over the audacious will not give you less pain, only less beauty.”

“They think I may be dangerous, and I am, but not in the way they fear. I have tasted of Paradise. Not because I wanted to. I didn't want to. But it has borne down upon me and there is no escaping it any more. All Things Are Possible. It bears down upon everyone and we run from it as hard as we can and many manage to keep it at bay, but I have not, I am condemned, now, never.... to settle... for the lesser.... ever... again. And yes, that makes me a dangerous man.They think I have become one of the wild animals at the zoo, and I have become one of the wild animals at the zoo.This is a great day.”

“That's what America's all about, man, if it's about anything. You can choose your own name.”