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

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.

Poetry, Painting & Music, the three Powers in man of conversing with Paradise, which the flood did not sweep away.

You can raise your potential, when you help someone to reach their potential.

Photography is better than art. It is a solar phenomenon in which the artist collaborates with the sun.

every relationship you are in will fail, until one doesn't

I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on Glee anytime soon. If you want that show to continue, keep me far away from it.

India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.

The only minority in America that's asking for integration is the so-called Negro, primarily because he is inferior, not inherently inferior, but he's economically, socially, politically inferior.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls.

My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

You fail only if you stop writing.