“There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office.”

Think of suffering as being washed.

The sun will stand as your best man And whistle When you have found the courage To marry forgiveness When you have found the courage to marry Love.

I am happy even before I have a reason.

Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.

Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.

The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.

All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.

Only a Perfect One who is always laughing at the word two can make you know of Love.

Everyone, whether he is self-denying or self-indulgent, is seeking after the Beloved. Every place may be the shrine of love, whether it be mosque or synagogue.

Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child’s training wheels to be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.

When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.

Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light…And let it breathe.

You have actually waltzed with tremendous style, my sweet, O my sweet, crushed angel.

The Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.

Be content with what thou hast received, and smooth thy frowning forehead, for the door of choice is not open either to thee or me.

The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.

Listen; this world is the lunatic’s sphere , Don’t always agree it’s real, Even with my feet upon it And the postman knowing my door My address is somewhere else.

Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.

I learned that the world didn’t see the inside of you, that it didn’t care a whit about the hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone. It was as simple, as absurd, and as cruel as that.

Together, we’ll live with the sadness. I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul.

Ladies, you have to be strong and independent, and remember, don’t get mad, get everything.

Don’t get mad. Get everything. – (on divorce).

The woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it.

The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.