Quotes from Neil Peart

We're only immortal for a limited time.

The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect, So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time, A garden to nurture and protect It's a measure of a life The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect, The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time, It's the only return that you expect

Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus would have none for anyone or anything else?

A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.

From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive.

Geddy once joked, 'You're the only guy I know who rehearses to rehearse!

Half the world cries Half the world laughs Half the world tries To be the other half

Without knowing it, I had identified a subtle but important part of the healing process. There would be no peace for me, no life for me, until I learned to forgive life for what it had done to me, forgive others for still being alive, and eventually, forgive myself for being alive.

Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet

Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.

You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be.

From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes.

Half the world hates What half the world does every day Half the world waits While half gets on with it anyway

books, i think, are a different kind of time machine. instead of reminding you of a lost world, they create one for you. more personal, more intimate-unlike movies, say, the world you experience while reading a book has been lived and envisioned entirely from the INSIDE, and its contours are yours alone.

Don't try to change Doofus, let Doofus change you.

A quality of justice A quantity of light A particle of mercy Makes the color of right

your soul is stained with the blood of the innocent, feel their pain

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.

With people, too, you constantly think, 'If I'm nice to people and treat them well, they'll appreciate it and behave better.' They won't, but it's still not a bad way to live.

excitement is found along the road, not at the end, and likewise, peace is not a fixed point-except perhaps in the unwanted rest in peace sense. PEACE is the breathing space between destinations, between excitements, an occasional part of the journey, if you're lucky. PEACE is a space you move through very rarely, and very briefly-but your not allowed to stay there. you have to keep moving, and go do what you do. because you can...

The reality is that my style of drumming is largely an athletic undertaking, and it does not pain me to realize that, like all athletes, there comes a time to... take yourself out of the game.

The Seven Cities of Gold always fascinated me. Southwestern U.S. history especially fascinates me. The whole spur of the Spanish exploration of the Southwestern U.S. was the search for these mythical Seven Cities of Gold.

Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.

Racetracks are designed to make it as difficult as possible to get around that corner fast. And some ramps, by necessity, are that way, too.