While on that old grey stone I sat Under the old wind-broken tree, I knew that One is animate, Mankind inanimate phantasy.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

When people throw at you with toxic words

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.

deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized.

I can not imagine my life if I didn't have a music program in my school.

We are humans who see clearly the barbarity of all ages except our own.

Almost all aspects of life are engineered at the molecular level, and without understanding molecules we can only have a very sketchy understanding of life itself.

My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent.

The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.

I like frogs. I am not crazy about their legs in a buffet, but I like their casual approach to life.