And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively

Great Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation who desired nothing better than to be friends with her.

I would like a simple life / yet all night I am laying / poems away in a long box.

There is only so much I can understand and not screw up.

Frame in terms of what you want to have in the picture, not about making a nice picture, that anybody can do.

Think of the question of mass incarceration. Think of the coding that the Republican Party has used for years, whether they're talking about Obama or blacks or Willie Horton.

At the heart of capitalism is creative destruction.

It's ridiculous. My life's been a series of happy accidents.

A lot of people go, "I'm influenced by the Beatles and Zeppelin," and they just sound like a karaoke.

Basketball is like Religion. Many attend but few understand.