The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

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.

Keep off your mind from the reward until the work is done

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers.

I do not know anything about luck, apart from that the more I practice, the luckier I get.

echo, the death of a sound that had nowhere to go but to come back.

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

Nothing bears out in practice what it promises incipiently.

I lost everyone I loved," I tell him. I wait for him to look at me, and then I add, "The day I met you.

Accusing a home school kid of missing out on ‘socialization’ is like accusing a work-at-home entrepreneur of missing out on corporate politics.

I went through seventh grade in private school. I went to private school from kindergarten to seventh grade.