Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.

Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.

Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.

each separate flower has a magic all its own.

I've always thought my flowers had souls.

Silence always gives consent.

When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit of the hill.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other.

The things that are ours cannot be given away, or taken away, or lost. We break our hearts, all of us, trying to keep things that do not belong to us — and to which we have no right.

Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and like a leaf of lavendar in a store of linen, so does Memory make life sweet.

What often matters more than the activity we're doing at a moment in time is how we feel about it.

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins, and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name with somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.

I think now there's much more of a confessional culture. That's not my bag. I come from a slightly older school of thought: 'give 'em nothin.' You don't plead guilty.

For every dark night, there is a brighter day.

As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me.

I would sleep 12 hours a day if I could.

I've been an entrepreneur three times. I started three companies.

The truth is we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free.

I pretty much always feel gratitude. I thank God throughout the day.

I am for America because America is for the common people.