Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

We're all golden sunflowers inside.

Which way will the sunflower turn surrounded by millions of suns?

Our heads are round so thought can change direction

To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.

To gain your own voice you have to forget about having it heard.

Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening.

Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.

I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view.

None of us understand what we're doing, but we do beautiful things anyway.

When it snows in your nose, you catch cold in your brain.

I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.

The principals in elegantly simple. We learn to love by being loved, we learn gentleness by being gentled, we learn to be graceful by experiencing the feeling of grace.

In their capacity as a tool, computers will be but a ripple on the surface of our culture. In their capacity as intellectual challenge, they are without precedent in the cultural history of mankind.

Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it.

It is difficult for the isolated individual to work himself out of the immaturity which has become almost natural for him.

People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.

My first son didn't really take a bottle, and I didn't like giving bottles.

I am convinced that the attitude we cultivate in advance may well determine how suffering will affect us when it does strike.

Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!