We should not scorn those whose fear is greater than our own.

We have been living through a time of sorrow. Our seed remains seed. Our nostrils are dusty.

Someday men will learn to irrigate and spread fertilizer instead of praying for fertility.

Lopez made sandals out of one tire. He sold them at ten cents each, because people sometimes needed only one.

Poverty in western Mexico is an Unconditional Sentence.

The world is in me and you are not even in the world yet.

The history of our country has taught us, above all, the virtue of patience. It will be many generations before we can have the conditions we seek.

Pity womankind, but never a woman.

My eyes are my greatest sin.

A heroic, losing battle! I'm tired of brave men who die. There's nothing pretty about losing.

The United States is democratic because its people live in conformity. It is the perfect country for mice.

Arrogance kills Creativity, Curiosity and Passion. Stop it and you'll learn more.

Innovation is everyones responsibility, not just R&Ds.

I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government.

In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite

Hey now, you're an all star, get your game on go, ...Only shooting stars break the mold.

My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.

Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future.

I'm a weird, bald musician who makes records in his bedroom and lives in the Lower East Side.

Soul, if you want to learn secrets,
 your heart must forget about shame
 and dignity. You are God's lover,
 yet you worry what people are saying.

Spirit and body, when joined together, become a living soul of supernal worth.