Because our lives are cowardly and sly, Because we do not dare to take or give, Because we scowl and pass each other by, We do not live; we do not dare to live.

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory

The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.

I hear a sudden cry of pain! There is a rabbit in a snare.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.

I would think Until I found Something I can never find; - Something Lying On the ground, In the bottom Of my mind.

The most awesome powers are those not wielded.

every time i get better . always new in addition to give best makeover of previous less one.

We have been trained by a culture of violence and we are all agents of passive violence.

Hope and Happiness Hope is grief's best music.

For some moments in life there are no words.

The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.

Out of my own great woe I make my little songs.

Till this moment I never knew myself.

For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.

I like to think of myself as the middleman between Fred Allen and Henny Youngman.