Some journeys make you realize that you are running for a wrong goal.

In poetry we pare down our thoughts into their most graceful shapes, like minimalist sculptures.

Love is enough.

Disillusion in an ache that eats into the dreams of goodness, of love, of any value that matters - even to the very belief in life.

We have fought this fight as long and as well as we know how. We have been defeated ... there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

Whatever you are, always be a good one.

You have to keep practicing, if you're really going to be good.

As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.

I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music.

I think we ought to have a kindness year, or a kindness century.

Once your kids are grown and you know that you're completely healthy, consider canceling your life insurance policy.