My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are driv'n away And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave: Such end true lovers have.

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.

A little madness shows the way to happiness.A little kindness can heal the sadness.

I think that we have to be aware that people are allowed to make mistakes

Strength is built by one's failures, not by one's successes.

... sometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore.

Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.

Once you play a superhero, is there any way back again? Once you're a superhero, it's just crazy.

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.

The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.

San Antonio is like a military town. It's like literally - when I was growing up there, there were five Air Force bases, plus Fort Sam Houston. I was always sort of near the military.

Have you ever studied a snake's face? - how optimistic they look. They have an eternal smile.