In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams build their nest with fragments dropped from day's caravan.

We live in the world when we love it.

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

The problem is not how to wipe out all differences, but how to unite with all differences intact.

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

It is a must to excel in our work.

The child who gets lost in a book can emerge from the experience a changeling.

You don’t know how I feel about you? I try to show you how much I care about you every day. How can you not see that?

The problem is that censors create the concept of obscenity. By supposedly trying to protect us they form an absurd concept of what is obscene.

Once upon a time . . . What time are we upon and where do I belong?

The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art.

Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.

I thought The Doors were the greatest band for a while.