Civilisation is hooped together, brought Under a rule, under the semblance of peace By manifold illusion.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

Let your discomfort and pain push you into something new.

There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.

It’s okay to aspire to a better life, but don’t let it stop you fromenjoying the life you already have.

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken.

Together, we'll live with the sadness. I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.

Who would have predicted... that Dubcek, who brought the tanks in in Czechoslovakia in 1968 is now being proclaimed a hero in Czechoslovakia. Unbelievable.

I've been told by doctors and surgeons that I have the energy of ten men who have normal jobs.

There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow.

My friend Megan Holken is a nutritionist. I have spent some time at her home upstate in Sharon Springs, where she told me how to eat right and cook right.