For the Eye altering alters all; The Senses roll themselves in fear And the flat Earth becomes a Ball.

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.

He sunk his head down, looking like a defeated giant out of some fairy tale.

Love at first sight is easy to understand it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

Like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand, they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise.

My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.

I would only hire someone to work directly for me if I was willing to work for that person.

People tend to rally around power.

A sniper is like a genius - it’s not enough to be one, you have to be one at something.

I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.