Miles above the Earth we know , Fancy's rocket roars. Below, Here and Now are needles which Sew a pattern black as pitch, Waiting for the rocket's light.

Prometheus, I have no Titan's might, Yet I, too, must each dusk renew my heart, For daytime's vulture talons tear apart The tender alcoves built by love at night.

Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book.

As science pushes forward, ignorance and superstition gallop around the flanks and bite science in the rear with big dark teeth.

Strong blasphemers thrive only when strong believers thrive.

Tomorrow changes the face of reality.

Everybody should fear only one person, and that person should be himself .

Resurrection, like politics, makes strange bedfellows.

The stars above will be below when man has Love.

Caught Beauty , held to light, now apes A good, now evil, thing the shifting sign And spectrum of archaic, psychic shapes.

Human beings are part of nature. Anything they do is natural. It's impossible for anything in nature to do anything unnatural.

Maybe heaven entailed more than a soul residing in a single place, but instead having pieces of yourself spread among the hearts and memories of people you've touched.

You're allowed to practice humility while also owning your greatness. Don't you dare minimize your greatness.

In those days food was never just sustenance

Sometimes miracles happen in this world simply because good people take action and decide to do something, and never give up.

I can't overlook any opponent because all fighters are dangerous. Every fighter is dangerous.

On every hand we observe a truly wise practice, in education, in morals, and in the arts of life, the embodied wisdom of many an ancient philosopher.

Maybe my work is somewhat divided into family stories, things I know intimately, and then everybody else in the world - the strangers who I am totally fascinated with.

Whatever your income, always live below your means.

Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.

When you are satisfied, you are successful. For that's all there is to success is satisfaction.