The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.

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.

If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a theory.

We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word, our necks that must bow under the yoke.

Follow your bliss. That which you love you must spend your life doing, as passionately and as perfectly as your heart, mind and instincts allow.

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.

If you were to buy a [BMW] 6-series, I recommend you select reverse when leaving friends’ houses so they don’t see its backside.

I like to control the risk I take. And when risk is taken out of my hands, it frustrates me.

For the past couple of years I was doing the party thing - going out a lot. But now I've turned 25, I feel I'm an adult.

There is nothing for you to take away from this world. You have come to give.

Other seasons come abruptly but ask so little when they do. Winter is the only one that has to be relearned.