This day's nothingness as if from spite became a flame and scorched the lips of children and poets.

Time takes life away and gives us memory, gold with flame, black with embers.

In summer the empire of insects spreads.

A certain traveler who knew many continents was asked what he found most remarkable of all. He replied: the ubiquity of sparrows.

But I was only a chaotic walker, nobody could stop me; even a totalitarian state was not able to control my daydreams, my poetic fascinations, the pattern of my walking.

Cities at daybreak are no one's, and have no names. And I, too, have no name, dawn, the stars growing pale, the train picking up speed.

I drink from a small spring, / my thirst excedes the ocean.

Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.

I drink from a small spring, my thirst exceeds the ocean.

There is always someone to forgive, if not another, than yourself.

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.

If a man marries his housekeeper or his cook, the national dividend is diminished.

It is a different genre - a show about something other than doctors, lawyers and cops. Teachers are something completely different. I think it makes for very interesting television

I - a philosopher - live in the cage of flesh and blood.

A runner's stride is not perfectly efficient.

Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.

A beautiful question is an ambitious yet actionable question that can begin to shift the way we perceive or think about something - and that might serve as a catalyst to bring about change.

My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.