We all dream profusely every night, yet by morning we've forgotten ninety percent of what went on. That's why poets are such important members of society. Poets remember our dreams for us.

Reality whistles a different tune underwater.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

Hate wields no sustainable power

Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet.

Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.

A sentence starts out like a lone traveler heading into a blizzard at midnight, tilting into the wind, one arm shielding his face, the tails of his thin coat flapping behind him.

Cuba will be able to move towards freedom and democracy once again.

I had better admit right away that walking can in the end become an addiction ... even in this final stage it remains a delectable madness, very good for sanity, and I recommend it with passion.

Most people lead lives of frustration and disapointment. They enjoy temporary pleasures and long-lasting suffering.

Profound skepticism is favorable to conventions, because it doubts that the criticism of conventions is any truer than they are.

As you walk the road of life, be careful of your friends. They can make you or break you.

I was 19 when I recorded my first album, and I've been exposed to many things during these last few years; all the baby fat is gone.