I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

Shed no tear - O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more - O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root's white core.

Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds.

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me.

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

People loved you in the way they knew how - and often it was not the way you knew. Or needed.

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

Elvis is iconic; a lot of performers today look to that for inspiration.

In this insane, chaotic world, you can only be insane and chaotic.

I've never understood why people get mad at others for not being interested in them romantically - especially when there are so many reasons to be mad at people that are within their control.

Super-successf ul people aren’t the most gifted people in their fields. They just work, study and practice more than the competition.

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.

It is grander to think and investigate for yourself than to repeat a creed.

Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.

The Word of God is either absolute or obsolete.