Praise with elation Praise every morning Spring's re-creation Of the First Day!

Morning has broken Like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird.

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.

All the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love.

We do not lose our friends when they die, we only lose sight of them.

The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year.

It seems to me there are no rules, only instances; but perhaps that is because I learned no rules, and am only an instance myself.

Upon your shattered ruins where, This vine will flourish still, as rare, As fresh, as fragrant as of old. Love will not crumble.

No love-story has ever been told twice. I never heard any tale of lovers that did not seem to me as new as the world on its first morning.

Cats sleep Anywhere, Any table, Any chair, Top of piano, Window-ledge, In the middle, On the edge.

He bent his head and kissed her long and deeply, and in that kiss neither knew themselves, or even each other, but something beyond all consciousness that was both of them.

My technique is don’t believe anything. If you believe in something, you are automatically precluded from believing its opposite.

I'm reaching out my hand. I hope you are too. I just want to be in the dark with you.

Nothing good will come out with lying.

No one is immune to temptation. Not even a hero. Not even a nobody. Not even people like you and me. Lust is never very far away. And just when you least expect it, there it is again.

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don't listen.

By mutual respect, understanding and with good will we can find acceptable solutions to any problems which exist or may arise between us.

I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.

If God wanted us to act on instinct, we wouldn't have the power of reason.

Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts.

American agriculture is badly in need of diversity. Another threat to the food system of course is the likelihood that petroleum is not going to get any cheaper.