And what is writ is writ - / Would it were worthier!

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Do we exist because others perceive our existence, or is, indeed, our own affirmation enough?

Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.

It is the same in love as in war a fortress that parleys is half taken.

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act instead of react is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

Revolutions invariably don't solve the issue of justice, and in its place, suppression and limiting freedom replaces that idea.

I write songs on guitar and that's about how good of a guitar player I am. I can write songs on it.

We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the present moment appear when we enter that great ocean.

Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .

But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?

One way to solve the traffic problem is to keep all the cars that are not paid for off the streets.