Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

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.

At one point in your life you have to decide whether you want to become a sachem or a solitary.

We only get one life. Wasting someone’s time is the subtlest form of murder.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.

I think it must be hard being David [Tennant]. I get a certain level of attention but - I've seen it in action - he can't move for attention.

There is an association between the number of hours that the television is on at home and early childhood aggression.

A right heart leans on Christ, hangs on Christ, builds on Christ and cleaves to Christ.

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

I was a very driven person, wanting to help and to do good, hopefully to write and teach in a meaningful way - wanting to make change. And I discovered humbly that life was changing me.

It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right.