The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one.

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.

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.

Poetry, Painting & Music, the three Powers in man of conversing with Paradise, which the flood did not sweep away.

Nothing shall part us in our love till Thanatos (Death) at his appointed hour removed us from the light of day.

Why is it our failures only show us more clearly the people we are failing?

For an entire wing of the G.O.P., a dysfunctional government, whose only visible activity is mismanaging crises, is not an embarrassment but the vindication of a worldview.

Rewriting is the crucible where books are born.

The meetings and marches and vigils are cool, but if the enemy isn't present, you're just talking slick to a can of oil.

Seeing the transformation in Aaron made me wonder how it would feel to have someone-even a not-so-nice guy like Aaron- look at me the way he looked at Anjali.

We cannot exist as a little island of well-being in a world where two-thirds of the people go to bed hungry every night.

Art is a wholly physical language whose words are all the visible objects.

I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

The goal is to teach in such a way as to produce the most learning from the least teaching.