Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.

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.

If you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right

I personally believe in the power of second chances.

The conventional heaven with its angels perpetually singing etc nearly drove me mad in my youth and made me an atheist for ten years. My opinion is that we shall be reincarnated.

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll go write four books about it.

Not all kitsch is sweet.

Since I was 10 years old, I knew I wanted to sail around the world.

There is a way to play this game physically, but it's the mental part that's going to separate gold from silver and silver from bronze.

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention.

I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.

Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.