A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Love is being stupid together.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor

Love is the essence of life, Love is the universal language of all creation, Love is the eternal desire, Love is the life's flower with fragrance to share, So feel the longing for love and being beloved.

The Ten Commandments are just as valid today as they were when God gave them. They reflect the moral character of God, and they also provide the foundation of right living with others.

It was like I saw your soul in the notes of the music. And it was beautiful.

Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.

I did not know that mankind was suffering for want of gold.

I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that's happened to me.

I've never had a dream that didn't come true, if I waited long enough.

The rock concert experience for people was really pretty stupid, you know, at the time. People would go to concerts not with the idea of listening at all.