There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.

It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.

The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.

If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.

Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.

Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.

For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

Everybody understands friendship, and friendship is different than love - it's a different kind of love. Friendship has more freedom, more latitude. You don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be; you expect your friend just to love you as a friend.

I only wanted to be a songwriter. I never wanted to be a singer. And I never wanted to be famous.

I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing.

My one area of vulnerability was I didn't know how to have a healthy relationship with a man.

When I was younger, I was kind of fearless. I think it takes more courage to do things when you know more. I was completely naive, and I was like, 'Why can't I do anything I want to do?'

When I wake up every morning, I smile and say, 'Thank you.' Because out of my window I can see the mountains, then go hiking with my dog and share her bounding joy in the world.

Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.

I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.

Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and end up with a station wagon.

Never comment on a woman's rear end. Never use the words 'large' or 'size' with 'rear end.' Never. Avoid the area altogether. Trust me.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

I was gone so much in my first marriage. I love the moments when I engage with my youngest daughter now. It's not my thing to sit on the ground and play tea party, but I'll do it because it's a moment that will stick with me forever.

My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance.

I think women like Ferraris. A Ferrari is everybody's car.

Rock n' roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community.

Once Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings are not cool on country radio, it's time for a new format.

Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.

Half of the modern world goes back as far as Pearl Jam. The real historians go back to U2. But they need to go back further. They have to go back to the '50s and '60s, where things started. That's how you get to be your own personality, by studying the masters. Rock and roll was white kids trying to make black music and failing, gloriously!

As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the media's power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind.