Too much reality can be a dazzle, a surfeit;Too close immediacy an exhaustion

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.

May my silences become more accurate.

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.

When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.

Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling the guys on your side how they ought to sound when they're arguing.

Man is like a bride unto God. God is jealous when man veers away from Him.

To be happy, learn to forget and forgive.

I am old enough to enjoy a bit of nostalgia, but wise enough to know that there haven't been any "good ol' days" since Eden (the garden, not the prime minister).

I don't think that hedge funds are bad per se. I think they're just one more financial tool. And in that sense, they're useful.

...if it comes to a choice between regulated studies on a few animals and a treatment for an incurable disease... most people reluctantly make the same choice.

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

I grew up in a happy household.

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.

Could there be a greater proof of our cowardice than fighting amongst ourselves?