In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear.

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.

I've left behind so many unfinished quilts in my life, beautiful pieces of dreams and intentions never fully assembled.

We preach revolution but whine about the oppression in the name of change

As all mothers know, children travel faster than kisses. The speed of kisses is, in fact, what Doctor Fallow would call a cosmic constant. The speed of children has no limits.

Persistence is a writer's best friend disguised as a bully.

I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.

It is rash to intrude upon the piety of others: both the depth and the grace of it elude the stranger.

The gift of sonship to God becomes ours not through being born, but through being born again.

It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.

At the final judgment, everyone will stand before God alone.