Why is Earth Day, today, also Lenin's birthday? Coincidence? Or does it signal the true intent of the national and worldwide environmental movement?

[H]istory is seen in a rear-view mirror while the future is the dark, foggy road ahead, filled with unknown trouble.

If we remain determined to shape a new and better world of separate, sovereign nations, this new century will be a happier one.

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

A poet could kill the dead.

There is an accuracy that defeats itself by the overemphasis of details. I often say that one must permit oneself and quite advisedly and deliberately a certain margin of misstatement.

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

I tend to like poems that are short as well as funny. I love Joe Brainard and Aram Saroyan. And I think their sense of humor and minimalist approach are pretty radical.

There were so many lean years. A lot of lean years.

Always watch the hands. The hands will tell you everything you need to know.

Fear in the mind causes stress in the body.

Other people's deconstruction of your motivations doesn't help you do what you do. You can't swallow and think about swallowing at the same time.

Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.