My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt.

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.

Love is the door to Heaven

There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.

I think [George W.] Bush has done nothing right about global warming.

Now, I find that very difficult to reconcile with notions about a merciful God.

My emotions, instincts, and interests are all with nature.

I really think that to a lot of people hair is everything. Bad hair takes over everything, it really does. I think if somebody has bad hair it doesn't matter what else is happening.

This is it. I can't even not smoke anymore

I know for sure that love saves me and that it is here to save us all.

Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events?

What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years?