Except the Christ be born again tonightIn dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, The world will never see his kingdom bright.

Life is a loom, weaving illusion.

They tried to get me-I got them first! (suicide note)

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.

Change the fabric of your own soul and your own visions, and you change all.

You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.

Authors and uncaptured criminals are the only people free from routine.

How can we help students to understand that the tragedy of life is not death; the tragedy is to die with commitments undefined and convictions undeclared and service unfulfilled?

They tried to get me - I got them first! [Suicide.]

Except the Christ be born again tonight In dreams of all men, saints and sons of shame, The world will never see his kingdom bright.

The only thing that a man may do that is new, is to write himself on human hearts.

The truth of course was otherwise, but Lecha had never felt she owed anyone the truth, unless it was truth about their own lives, and then they had to pay her to tell them.

Conflicts are expensive.

Don’t feel shy—kiss. Kiss just to feel the joy of life and to get lost in the beauty of love.

Always let your talent do the talking. Never your tantrums.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts.

We have a president [Barack Obama] that won't use the term radical Islamic terrorism, won't use it.

I was born in New York City, but I was raised in New Jersey, part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963.

Meaningful solutions to the problems of mass poverty that prevails in India I believe can only be found in the framework of an expanding economy.

I'm so grateful to grab hold of something that wants to be a play. It doesn't happen very often. I don't have unwritten plays waiting for their turn.

Bad books always lie. They lie most of all about the human condition.