The unconscious is the unwritten history of mankind from time unrecorded.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.

To be normal is the ultimate aim of the unsuccessful.

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude.

We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.

...once you've crawled into what's commonly thought of as the sordid underbelly of life, you realize it's all just different versions of normal.

I take your name whenever i give example of perfection...

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.

Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're a good person, your name will be remembered a long time.

Many of the poems weave autobiographical elements with fabular or mythic materials.

I understand that nobody understands me, but I can't be someone I'm not.

The joy of late love is like green firewood when set aflame, for the longer the wait in lighting, the greater heat it yields and the longer its force lasts.

None but mothers know each other's feelings when we give up our daughters whom we love and cherish so tenderly to the mercies of a man, and perhaps even a stranger.

I do an improv show on Sunday where we have a class, and then afterwards we go and do a live performance in front of an audience.

The loudest noise in the world is silence.