"I want to sing like the birds..." - Quote by Rumi

“For without you, I swear, the town Has become like a prison to me. Distraction and the mountain And the desert, all I desire.”

“There are lovers content with longing. I’m not one of them.”

“Walk to the well.Turn as the earth and the moon turn,circling what they love.Whatever circles comes from the center.”

“The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.”

“once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up”

“Each one has a special nature peculiar to himself which he must follow and through which he will find his way to freedom”

“For it would seem - her case proved it - that we write, not with the fingers, but with the whole person. The nerve which controls the pen winds itself about every fibre of our being, threads the heart, pierces the liver.”

“This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense.”

“Greatness doesn’t come from what you do, but from who you are.”