He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

Put in the work. Reap the rewards

Half of what I write is imaginative reality. The other half is realized impossibilities. Blended into one, these make a fantasy.

Wild animals bite the hand that feeds them. Clever people consume the entire body.

Science is the century-old endeavor to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going an association as possible.

I don't even drink Coke. It tastes like robot sweat.

My spiritual connection is about embracing everything around me. We're all the same. There are no boundaries . . .

[T]hose who are willing to surrender their freedom for security have always demanded that if they give up their full freedom it should also be taken from those not prepared to do so.

I don't think about winning the Masters as part of the slam. You want to win the Masters because of what it means to the game.

I know, in my heart of hearts, I don't do things for money.

I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.