The world must be romanticized. In this way the originary meaning may be found again.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Where are we really going? Always home.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.

The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found.

In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.

When you understand how to love one thing, then you also understand how to love everything.

Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us.

Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence.

Ascetic: one who makes a necessity of virtue.

Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.

I can't afford a whole new set of enemies.

To me there can be no liberation without socialism. And conversely, there can be no socialism without liberation for everybody.

I don't know Putin. I have never met Putin. He is not my best friend.

Forgiveness is the best revenge.

Daniel Johnston is the purist and most unpretentious artist of our generation

Rolen's the perfect baseball player. It's his tenacity, his preparation, the way he plays. He tries to do everything fundamentally sound. And he puts the team team first-there's no fanfare with him.

Ye rigid Ploughman! bear in mind Your labor is for future hours. Advance! spare not! nor look behind! Plough deep and straight with all your powers!