It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions.

To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True wildness is a love of nature, a delight in silence, a voice free to say spontaneous things, and an exuberant curiosity in the face of the unknown.

... where a man's wound is, that is where his genius will be.

We did not come to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, Trees that start again.

The door to the soul is unlocked; you do not need to please the doorkeeper, the door in front of you is yours, intended for you, and the doorkeeper obeys when spoken to.

Every part of you that you do not love will regress and become hostile towards you.

We make the path by walking.

It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.

There are a lot of men who are healthier at age fifty then they have ever been before, because a lot of their fear is gone.

The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness.

Every noon as the clock hands arrive at twelve, I want to tie the two arms together, And walk out of the bank carrying time in bags.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

How I hate you, " he said softly. "If hate were stone I could build a tower into the clouds.

We were destined to collide but the river of misunderstanding left us at the opposite banks.

Art is nothing but humanized science.

You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.

If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.

All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.

If you have something about yourself that's different, you're lucky. It's not a curse.

What did they feed the lions and tigers with in the ark, sir?

Harvard students have completed more English courses and less forward passes than any school in this generation.