The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

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.

Children can be shaped into any way one desires.

Until one expands his imagination, abilities and capacity to do and receive, he will always have the crumbs from those who dare to do great works

This worship of Humanity, with its rituals of Liberty and Equality, always struck me as like being a revival of the ancient cults, in which animals were gods or the gods bore the heads of animals.

Helios thought he looked pretty hot, and he had an annoying habit of calling the sun his "chick magnet.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Whatever you're thinking about is literally like planning a future event. When you're worrying, you are planning. When you are appreciating, you are planning...What are you planning?

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance.

I don't believe in one ideal beauty.