I love hanging and drawing and quartering Every bit as well as war and slaughtering.

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.

What's so unpleasant about being drunk?""Ask a glass of water!

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

People are always asking, "What's the purpose of life?" That's easy. Relieve suffering. Create beauty. Make gardens.

His letter was like the shock produced by a cold bath.

I strongly believe that whenever there's failure or you feel like you've failed, it's only just the beginning, and you can only learn from it.

We don't have all the answers. Perhaps prayer is simply a time we set aside to acknowledge that reality.

Friends are friends forever, if the Lord's the Lord of them.

Why do all your friends talk like books?

I'm happy to be at home with the kids, in my flannel pajamas; that's a treat.

Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.