Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and ThouBeside me singing in the Wilderness -And Wilderness is Paradise enow.

Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.

I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, And answer'd: 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell

In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls.

It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire, and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze.The day on which you arewithout passionate loveis the most wasted day of your life.

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:You better starve, than eat whateverAnd better be alone, than with whoever.

Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flightThe Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikesThe Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light

A book of verses underneath the boughA flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thouBeside me singing in the wildernessAnd wilderness is paradise now.

O friend, for the morrow let us not worryThis moment we have now, let us not hurryWhen our time comes, we shall not tarryWith seven thousand-year-olds, our burden carry

My tomb shall be in a spot where the north wind may scatter roses over it.

It is a shame for anyoneto be well-known for righteousness.It is a great disgrace to feeldistress at the injustice of the turning of the wheels of fate.

Motherhood is a predicament. How to live fully inside of it with any grace?

It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.

Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions.

Freethought is respectable. Freethought is crucial. Freethought needs to be publicized.

I really do work in solitude.

There is no more evil thing in this world than race prejudice, none at all. [...] It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty, and abomination than any other sort of error in the world.

When politics is elevated over business, economic disaster follows.

The way I use to develop an aerobic condition is three against three, man to man, in a square 20 metres by 20.

Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

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