When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a resentment of life almost as deep-seated as the fear of death

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.

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.

You don't choose what to believe. Belief chooses you.

You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If you feed them, they'll never leave.

Most speakers speak ten minutes too long.

one reason why I like writing poetry - you can say so many things in it that are true in poetry but wouldn't be true in prose.

The six things in life that never get boring are knowing and loving God, your neighbor, and yourself.

When I was 3 years old, my parents got a dog. I was jealous of the dog, so they got rid of me.

Nothing will carry you through hardship like a sincere devotion to Christ.

Omens are everywhere in this world you just have to find the one that fits.

When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.