To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement.

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one.

Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.

And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

Do what you will this life's a fiction, And is made up of contradiction.

Cultivate the art of maximizing serendipitous opportunities.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.

Man is the only animal who is prone to insanity.

Don't Time travel into the past. You can't change it. Today it starts all over again. Every tomorrow is determined by every day.

Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.

There is no answer to any of these questions. It's a matter of time and timing, of seas and seasons, of breathing in and breathing out. It's a matter of balance.

Have the government get out of the way.

So while I was studying, I rode my Trials bike, then I moved to roadracing.

After three elections, voters finally caught on that Obama's faults were not in the stars, but in himself. They apparently tired of the usual distractions from a dismal presidential record.