In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

You are never always idle. You are always doing something

Creatively Outspoken and Dramatically Quiet

Women. They are a complete mystery.

Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job.

Most people in America think Art is a man's name.

Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.

All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago.

From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.

If you so choose, each day can be filled with even more joy than the one before. If you so choose, even the most seemingly random events can work in your favor.

Basically, for me the psychedelic experience was the path to revelation. It actually worked on somebody who thought nothing would work.