You learn nothing if you carry with you a journalistic system of values, which is invented to save reporters from experience.

Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: The creative act.

Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization.

The holiness of the real Is always there, accessible In total immanence. The nodes Of transcendence coagulate In you, the experiencer, And in the other, the lover.

There have always been those who, though they see tragedy as the outcome of freedom, will nevertheless judge that tragedy is not too high a price to pay.

You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained.

It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence.

Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust.

Poetry has ceased to be a public art and has become, as Whitehead said of religion, "What man does with his aloneness.

Bohemia is a commune in which the Revolution is over and everyone is a member of the aristocracy

None can save us, accept the Saviour.

We stand the risk of regression, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.

She looked at me and laughed pointlessly. Then she flounced over to the dog, kissed it with ecstasy, and swept into the kitchen, implying that a dozen chefs awaited her orders there.

To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.

It is too early to love. We will buy the right to do so by shedding blood.

I've been embarrassing myself publicly for over 20 years. Why should I stop now?

I didn’t fall in love with it just because it was me playing. I fell in love with it because I’ve got guys like this – like these guys every single day that push me to be the best that I can be.

I try to be as intentional as possible.

He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.

One of the hardest things for a person with autism to do is believe in themselves. But autistics have every right to be as proud as anyone.