“If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred.”

“Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass,Be not afraid of my body.”

“I have said that the soul is not more than the body,And I have said that the body is not more than the soul,And nothing, not God, is greater to one than one's-self is,”

“Do anything, but let it produce joy.”

“To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. ”

“I Think it is lost.....but nothing is ever lost nor can be lost .The body sluggish, aged, cold, the ember left from earlier fires shall duly flame again.”

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”