The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.

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.

Despair was a private weakness she could not afford to indulge.

If your life does not worship God, your lips do not worship God either.

If we don’t want to define ourselves by things as superficial as our appearances, we’re stuck with the revolting alternative of being judged by our actions.

I'm not here for a long time. I'm here for a short time

The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan nation.

I tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog—cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way.

My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality?'

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

If you don't like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute and it'll change.

I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you'll need right up to the day you die.