Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.

To make a thought my own, I must think it often.

Self-realization is a comedown from salvation, but still gives us something to hope for.

The question you're not supposed to ask is the important one.

If you have no power, talk about your influence. If you have power, talk about the constraints that hem you in.

Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque.