The world's in a bad way, my man, And bound to be worse before it mends; Better lie up in the mountain here Four or five centuries, While the stars go over the lonely ocean.

Seagulls . . . slim yachts of the element.

Meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic.

Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it.

You making haste on decay: not blameworthy; life is good, be it stubbornly long or suddenly A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic.

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.

It is only a little planet, but how beautiful it is.

Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.

A little too abstract, a little too wise, It is time for us to kiss the earth again, It is time to let the leaves rain from the skies, Let the rich life run to the roots again.

Still the mind smiles at its own rebellions.

Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts.

We can only continue to promote invention, creativity and success by asking of ourselves, our situations and problems some key questions. What questions are you asking today?

Never brag about your ancestors coming over on the Mayflower the immigration laws weren't as strict in those days.

Exceptional talent and extraordinary creativity are irrelevant! It's what you do with what little you have that counts big time in the end.

Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.

Any one detail, followed through to its source, will usually reveal the general state of readiness of the whole organization.

The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance.

Springtime is a season we tend to forget as we grow older, and yet far back in our memories, like the landscape of a country visited long ago, it's always there.

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

The difference between those who succeed and those who fail isn't what they have'it's what they choose to see and do with their resources and their expertise of life.