How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?

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.

Praying in a Temple is like Lighting a Candle. One kills the ignorance and the other kills the darkness .

With happiness comes intelligence to the heart.

And if I had a camera Showing all the light we give And showing where the light extends I'd give it to my friends

Committees do harm merely by existing.

I cannot fish without falling a little in self-respect...always when I have done I feel it would have been better if I had not fished.

Sirens wailed; the revolution had come to Harrisonville. Blood was flowing on Pearl Street.

God's time never stops.

I think I'm a different kind of role model for young girls.

Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.