A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul.

The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, the browser, the borrower is king.

Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.

Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where you've never been.

A handful of sand is an anthology of the universe.

The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was.

Your life will be rich for others only as it is rich for you.

Books fall open, you fall in.

The cricket's gone, we only hear machines In erg and atom they exact their pay. And life is largely lived on silver screens.

Life is a garment we continuously alter, but which never seems to fit.

But man must light for man The fires no other can, And find in his own eye Where the strange crossroads lie.

Write what you want to write. That's the only advice a writer will ever need.

There's always a way to wear fur.

After the miners' rally, when I saw how emotional everyone got when I sang, I thought I might get somewhere with singing

You are either the best. Or you are the worst. There is no in between.

There is no continuity at all. The universe isn't any particular way. It strictly depends upon perception.

Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.

USC is the National Champion like Al Gore is the President of the United States.

To progress we must do the work as individuals, but then we must come together and work together.

I consider myself a person who comes from a Muslim culture. In any case, I would not say that I'm an atheist. So I'm a Muslim who associates historical and cultural identification with this religion.

Photography is a way of introducing people to other people.