Nothing more do I ask than to share with you the ecstasy and sacrament of my life.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

I must go in, the fog is rising.

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

Bring me the sunset in a cup.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Every child matures, which is both a blessing and a damn shame. Children can imagine worlds that never exist, worlds far more interesting and consoling than an adult knows.

Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword.

My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.'

This time, it was more of a thought than a feeling, a soft heat that began at her mouth and unfurled through the rest of her.

I believe in God, but even if you don't, you can believe in a self, the person who is innately who you are. Once you fully become that person, then everything you do will be blessed.

The one power a man has that cannot be stripped from him is the power to do nothing.

The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.

Islam understands its earthly mission to extend the law of Allah over the world by force.

Once you cared about a person, it was impossible to be logical about them anymore.

And seeing every man is presumed to do all things in order to his own benefit, no man is a fit Arbitrator in his own cause