If all the world must see the world As the world the world hath seen, Then it were better for the world That the world have never been.

The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won.

To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.

Sweet music! sacred tongue of God.

The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men.

When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be.

Life will be lengthened while growing, for Thought is the measure of life.

Thought is the measure of life.

Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain; But all through Love in time is healed again.

Time fleeth on, Youth soon is gone, Naught earthly may abide; Life seemeth fast, But may not last-- It runs as runs the time.

What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst, A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst, Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour, The first swete Dropp of our long Showre.

Life in society requires consensus as an indispensable condition. But consensus, to be productive, requires that each individual contribute independently out of of his experience and insight.

Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing.

If thinking wants to think God, then it must endeavor to tell stories.

I'm an atheist, and I don't have any belief in an afterlife.

Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.

Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.

I write the most sexiest records out.

The Gita distinguishes between the powers of light and darkness and demonstrates their incompatibility.

I love pop culture. I love to be inside of it, and step outside and look back in.

Some people, and I am one of them, hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm is the norm.