Moon, worn thin to the width of a quill,/ In the dawn clouds flying,/ How good to go, light into light, and still/ Giving light, dying.

People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think.

No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

Those who believe without reason cannot be convinced by reason.

The window-lights, myriads and myriads,Bloom from the walls like climbing flowers.

There is a quiet at the heart of love, And I have pierced the pain and come to peace.

I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful when rain bends down the bough; And I shall be more silent and cold hearted than you are now.

Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.

Places I love come back to me like music, / Hush me and heal me when I am very tired.

Oh Earth, you gave me all I have, I love you, I love you, - oh what have IThat I can give you in return - Except my body after I die?

I am the pool of gold When sunset burns and dies-- You are my deepening skies; Give me your stars to hold

My heart is a garden tired with autumn.

The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves.