Philosophy will clip an angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine - Unweave a rainbow.

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

Shed no tear - O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more - O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root's white core.

Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds.

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me.

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

It's not about saving humanity. It never has been." Mantrella, THE WAKING GOD TRILOGY

Ask the questions. Do not just accept anything without question.

What obstructs the vision and is called smog in our big cities is called defining the issues in politics

We started out covering income inequality in the magazine [Mother Jones], but that ongoing body of work positioned - and sourced - us well to put both Occupy and the 47 percent in context.

I'd put Hank Williams picture on one hundred dollar bills.

In the age of globalization pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

The sea that calls all things unto her cals me, and I must embark.

I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?

I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.