Inspirational Sayings

I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you any different.

He who reigns within himself, and rules passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

I am a complete atheist, but I believe in fate.

I am a very bad man, but I have a very good heart.

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.

Gods always behave like the people who created them.

The purpose of poetry is to find the voice that is hidden in silence.

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

I am not a painter, but a sculptor.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

Ah, it seemed to me impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce.

Melody is the essence of music.

I have worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did will achieve the same results.

I started out writing songs for myself. I didn't care if anyone else liked them or not. I still don't.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

The purpose of rhetoric is to persuade, the purpose of logic is to prove, and the purpose of philosophy is to know.