Art degraded, Imagination denied.

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one.

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

Do what you will this life's a fiction, And is made up of contradiction.

when you are a child you unconsciously adopt certain beliefs. Yet, there comesthe necessity to upgrade these beliefs as you grow older.

The melody rolled over her, as cool and sweet as water, as hopeful and lovely as sunrise.

The Founders never intended to separate Christianity from government, only to keep a single denomination from running the nation.

I think it is very important to view life in terms of winning and losing until complete enlightenment has occurred.

As you work on something, whether it's a painting or a piece of music, it's going to evolve. A relationship is like that too.

If there wasn't a God we would have to invent one to keep people sane.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

I think that most of us [writers] would rather have an audience than countless riches. If we wanted to be rich, we'd be doing smething else.

Whatever evil voices may rage, Science, secure among the powers that are eternal, will do her work and be blessed.

Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes