But if at church they would give some ale. And a pleasant fire our souls to regale. We'd sing and we'd pray all the live long day, Nor ever once from the church to stray.

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.

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

Put your trust in god are the most dangerous words in the English language.

Burlesque is beautiful: It's art, it's fun, it's done with a lot of comedy - an awful lot of big wink-wink and nudge-nudge.

I try to use whatever I know about photography to be of service to the people I'm photographing.

Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will.

If you stop one terror attack in the U.S., it may be connected to multiple other plots out there that are connected. If you reveal that you stopped one plot, it may tip our hand.

Love is like those second-rate hotels where all the luxury is in the lobby.

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.

God is the embodiment of compassion. He watches for a grain of goodness or humility so that He can reward it with tons of grace.

Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative.