All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

If somebody tells you ‘History will never forgive you, ’ just laugh at him! Because when the history comes, you won’t be here! The threat of history never forgives you is a useless threat!

I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do.

When we do what's right, regardless of circumstances or consequences, we set the table for God to turn the tables. All we need to do is stand up, step in, or step out.

Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.

I think I will have a lot of opportunities in the future.

There's the concept that dreams are as important - if not more important - than reality. The attention that one pays to those things in the shadows is very much a part of the Indian experience.

This wasn't prayer anyway, it was just argument with the gods. Prayer, he suspected as he hoisted himself up and turned for the door, was putting one foot in front of the other. Moving all the same.

To me, the definition of sexy - at any age - is strength and confidence.

Doing a good impression of a backup goalie the last few weeks.

An infallible method of making fanatics is to persuade before you instruct.