It's a shame that we have to choose between two such second-rate countries as the USSR and the USA.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

A woman can't do anything about her appearance. Either she's pretty or she isn't. But her character is quite another matter.

Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.

Every criminal has a good mind conquered by the devil

If Love is Pure, Love is Simple

To a man with only a hammer, a screw is a defective nail.

It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.

He is a leader among leaders.

All the concepts, all knowings, all truths, all religous systems, all beliefs, fall away in the white light of eternity.

The autonomy of the individual appears to be complemented & enhanced by the movement of the group; while the effectiveness of the group seems to depend on the freedom of the individual.

When you least expect to recall something, a memory can pop up like an uninvited guest on your doorstep.