To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.

This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are infinitely exhibited, and the everlasting duration of infinite space is another region and room of joys.

You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars.

You are as prone to love, as the sun is to shine.

The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it.

You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine; it being the most delightful and natural employment of the soul of humans.

I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.

Sure Man was born to meditate on things, And to contemplate the eternal springs Of God and Nature, glory, bliss and pleasure: That life and love might be his eternal treasure.

Souls are God's jewels.

The world is a mirror of infinite beauty, yet no man sees it. It is a Temple of Majesty, yet no man regards it. It is a region of Light and Peace, did not men disquiet it. It is the Paradise of God.

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.

No matter how ugly you are

I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea level than down below.

I am tough but I have a soft side.

I was a power dunker. I want to go straight up, put it down on somebody. I want everybody under there.

Some names to look forward to - perhaps in the future

When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.

Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the best that has yet been discovered.

Saying the Washington Post is just a newspaper is like saying Rasputin was just a country priest.

What point is there to all the wealth and power that America may have if they can't look after its own?

I'm doing quite a lot of painting on stones - little funny fish and animals.