A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state.

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one.

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

Do what you will this life's a fiction, And is made up of contradiction.

Let them say whatever gives them comfort.

I dress for women - and I undress for men.

Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature.

The gods, if they exist, are just the people who happen to live on the other side.

The Hebrew Bible defines Judaism. It's certainly true that the Talmudic interpretations become authoritative and normative, but they are interpretations of the Hebrew Bible. So that is always there.

I think people are so disillusioned with the parties. It's one party with two different names, and they are so spineless.

At twenty, men love woman; at thirty, a woman; and at forty, women.

The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better.

Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.

It's like getting into film - I didn't say early on, 'I'm going to become a filmmaker,' 'I'm going to show my work at MoMA.' When you start to think those things, you're in trouble.