To bless thine enemy is a good way to satisfy thy vanity.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

What happens when lying and stealing and immorality and murder become the norm? The result can be summarized in one word: chaos.

The body says what words cannot.

Our ultimate aim in life is not to be healthy, wealthy, prosperous, or problem free. Our ultimate aim in life is to bring glory to God.

You cannot do leadership without a source of regenerative strength. What is your source?

They can call or e-mail, too, but I'd rather see the bug.

For a woman, a son offers the best chance to know the mysterious male existence.

It’s been a secret too long, but I’m actually a straight male.

Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want.

Broken people misuse their power while people who have values don't use their powers in a way that harms.

You are the one and only ever you.