My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The truth is simple. If it was complicated, everyone would understand it.

When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.

After or before any happiness, someone must cry.

it's hard to talk sensibly with giants - their massive heads tend to get lost in the clouds

If you see a group of people struggling over generations and you attribute those struggles to bad character, then you do not truly believe we are all created equally.

the secret to happiness is counting your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

There's a good reason catas say me-ow rather than we-ow or you-ow.

Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.

The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are.

I started to write before I went to SUNY Purchase music conservatory. As an audition I submitted what I now think are really awful songs, but I guess they saw something in them.

[Maigret] is more internal. I think if we made more of these I might let him out a bit.