Carry me like change in your pocket and spend me as you wish.

Let me not anchor you to a bed of weary rocks, but let me be the kite’s string that guides you in your flight.

A word is elegy to what it signifies.

Nothing spoils a confession like repentance.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain.

My only sanction is the love and affection in which you hold me. But it has its weaknesses, as it has its strengths.

Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that?

We are like highly trained athletes, who never run a race.

If my head holds one thought wise and clear, it's You. Poor as I am, what I hold dear is You. No matter how I see myself, I'm nothing ... Anything I am entirely is You!

Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.

The question is not Will you succeed? but rather, Will you matter?