I hear a sudden cry of pain! There is a rabbit in a snare.

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory

The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.

I would think Until I found Something I can never find; - Something Lying On the ground, In the bottom Of my mind.

Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

This moment in which you experience stillness is every moment. Don't let the mind seduce you into the past or future. Stay in the moment, and dare to consider that you can be free now.

Metaphorically speaking, it's easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other.

I do get nervous to act, it kind of depends on what it is really.

What was happening was the war on drugs. That was the primary culprit I could see that was getting in the way of black progress.

I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.

Why are terms of endearment always food? Honey, cookie, sugar, pumpkin. Its not like caring about someone is enough to actually sustain you.

I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it is going to ferment and make a decent wine. How that process happens, I'm sorry to tell you I can't describe.

I don't look at scripts in terms of commerciality. I just look at the part, the people involved.

Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.

To be romantic is quite simply to allow yourself to fall in love with life - all of life - and experience it fully, openly, passionately, and purposefully