Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one.

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

Do what you will this life's a fiction, And is made up of contradiction.

But I’ve learned that sometimes, somehow, no matter how much time we spend apart from the ones we care most about, our love for them never fades, for time apart only makes our love grow stronger.

I’ll never let go of you again, ” she whispered. “I swear it.

I don't miss acting. I don't even see movies. I don't see plays. I don't watch television.

As a matter of fact, as a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.

Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.

People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.

To exclude religious teaching altogether from education... is a very dangerous and curious tendency. The result is to give paganism a new importance and influence.

Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

And at my silent window-sill The jessamine peeps in.