It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

Ask questions. The secrets of life are hidden in questions, so ask wisely.

To be the best you must be able to handle the worst.

I know a bigot when I see a bigot.

I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself. Then it became part of my identity, and I did it without thinking.

Look in; and learn the wrong, and right, From your own soul's unwritten laws. And when you question, or demur, Let Love be your Interpreter.

God makes the life fertile by disappointments, as he makes the ground fertile by frosts.

That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.

I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.

The young do not need God, and the old cannot find Him.

Even if you do something that others might consider wrong, you should at least be willing to talk about it and tell your parents what you're doing because you believe it's right.