Shame is pride's cloak.

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.

Sometimes, you feel like being watched from behind by someone.When you turned, it's just nothing, nobody, none, or only someone who's daydreaming and staring right through you.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

You’re a clever strategist, but not all battles require tricks. Sometimes the simplest way to kill something is to swim up to it and bite it in half.

In America, applause is won only by physical exertion.

Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them. I hope we never lose that. Compassion for humans as well as animals.

His books are exciting and powerful and — if I may filch the word from the booksy ones — pulsing.

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis.

Weekdays, New York City's financial district bustles with activity. Its streets are rivers of rushing humanity, its air is thick with the sounds of traffic.

I do whatever my heart tells me to do.

My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot.