There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.

Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.

You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.

Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

A hair divides what is false and true.

Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.

There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.

The Flower that once has blown forever dies.

The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two - is gone.

From the house of unbelief to true religion is a single breath; From the world of doubt to certainty is a single breath; Enjoy this precious single breath, for the harvest of our whole lives is that same one breath.

Algebras are geometric facts which are proved.

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow I look back.

The moving finger writes and having writ moves on.

Heavn but the Vision of fulfilld Desire And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire.

Ah make the most of what we yet may spend Before we too into the Dust descend.

It's too bad if a heart lacks fire, and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze. Theday on which you are without passionate love is the most wasted day of your life.

Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire.

I've learned never to expect people to be better than they are, but to always have faith that they can be more.

Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

If we see to it that the Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians have jobs, we will actually be securing our own future.

I've been working in Haiti 28 years - I thought I'd sort of seen it... I've gone through a number of coups, the storms of 2008, I thought, you know, that I'd seen things as bad as they were going to get, and I was wrong.

Into The Woods was... a lot of running around in the woods! I can't wait to see the show again. People didn't realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark.

I'm actually really shy.

Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies.

On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.

I consider ISIS nothing more than an excuse for Iran to continue its mischief.

Diligence overcomes difficulties sloth makes them.

What is amusing now had to be taken in desperate earnest once.

I struggle to come up to people and say what I think.

You see I have to be in the clinic every Thursday and it's in Phoenix so I have to fly down or drive down. It has to be every Thursday for this damn stuff they're giving me.

The pro skaters I know are responsible members of society. Many of them are fathers, homeowners, world travelers and successful entrepreneurs. Their hairdos and tattoos are simply part of our culture, even when they raise eyebrows during PTA meetings.

I can't even say I've begun yet, but I'm trying on the idea that there is a book in my future.

I try to dress classy and dance cheesy.

I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art, even though people who collect clothes get a bad rap because they're told it's all vanity.

How many colours are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'green'? How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye?

Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, 'why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,' and they abandon their values.

Food sovereignty is an affirmation of who we are as indigenous peoples and a way, one of the most surefooted ways, to restore our relationship with the world around us.

Well, I don't know how they define that. But they have this Texas blues thing blown kinda out of proportion. I am a Long John Hunter blues, before and after, that's what I am.

I work on quiet call nights in the hospital, on airplanes and on my sailboat when I have a bit of time - I cram it into wherever it will fit.

I've definitely accepted the fact that I'm not normal.