Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.

The volume of your muscles doesn't make you a good husband. The way you treat her does.

Life can only give you what you give back to it, and it all begins with the right attitude.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

Just listen to your body, eat in silence and see what feels good and you will spontaneously choose the foods that are beneficial to you.

The world is more flexible than you might think.

I use hate as a weapon to defend myself; had I been strong, I would never have needed that kind of weapon.

You'd have to be here to believe it!

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.

I've listened to and know Allen Ginsberg music and met him a couple of times, but I don't have any strong statements to make.