What a strange alchemy we have worked, turning earth around to destroy itself, using earth's own elements to wound it.

There is no real aloneness. There is solitude and the nurturing silence that is relationship with ourselves, but even then we are part of something larger.

Surrender is not an option, keep trying is the answer.

It would be narrowness to suppose that an artist can only care for the impressions of those who know the methods of his art as well as feel its effects. Art works for all whom it can touch.

More than loud acclaim, I loveBooks, silence, thought, my alcove.Pangur BánPoem by Anon Irish Monk, Translated by Seamus Heaney

I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.

Failure in the past does not nullify purpose in the future.

I loved life too much to lust for life.

It's too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they'll probably just piss it all away.

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

Change doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with the desire, then one small step in the right direction.

I would encourage people to go to NYTIMES.com and read this column and you can see for yourself.