Of the Surface of Things In my room, the world is beyond my understanding; But when I walk I see that it consists of three or four Hills and a cloud.

True villains are extremely photogenic.

All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with an ever-enlarging incoherence.

The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

I do not know which to prefer - The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.

It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.

The former time is the time of gloom and darkness, but the later time is a time of the redemption and the mercy of God

I ended up spending years on a spiritual quest - diving into the world's great spiritual traditions.

To be the equal of one's opponent-this is the first condition of an honourable duel.

Imprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.

Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be.

The essence of strategy is to align your ends with your means: to match your goals and your resources.

All Middlesex is ugly, notwithstanding the millions upon millionswhichit iscontinuallysucking up fromtherestof the kingdom.

I can be approached, but never pushed; befriended but never coerced; killed, but never shamed.

You can't legislate or litigate good, healthy behavior but we must be willing to educate people at an early age about the affects of unhealthy living.