No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

You hear a lot of dialogue on the death of the American family. Families aren't dying. They're merging into big conglomerates.

Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others

Advice to intellectuals: let no-one represent you.

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

When one door is closed, don't you know that many more are open