I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.

Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

You know what I'm afraid of? That God is sick of us.

Visit me once each year, for it's wrong to abandon people forever.

Nothing records the effects of a sad life so graphically as the human body.

The calendar has a magic that makes us imagine a memory can be resurrected and revived, but nothing returns.

The real malady is fear of life, not of death

It was a scary thought. A man could be surrounded by poetry reading and not know it.

Think out of the box but stay in the yard.

Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something.

I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

On the subject of spinach: divide into little piles. Rearrange again into new piles. After five of six maneuvers, sit back and say you are full.

My parents were my heroes and my role models. So I thought long and hard over decisions that I would make because I never wanted to disappoint them and break their hearts.

If the FBI is watching you for suspected terrorist links, you should not be able to buy a gun with no questions asked.

I think that the people who are the loudest about wanting to change you are the people with the least amount of vision and creativity.

Since things neither exist nor do not exist, are neither real nor unreal, are utterly beyond adopting and rejecting - one might as well burst out laughing.

The world is full of mystery but it must not be choked with secrets: we must talk to one another.