The system of nature of which man is a part tends to be self-balancing self-adjusting self-cleansing. Not so with technology.

No actually 'The Host' was totally a palate-cleanser for me. I wanted to do something a little bit different than romantic love. Romantic love is in there obviously because I enjoy writing about that and living it a lot.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

When power leads man toward arrogance poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts poetry cleanses.

The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.

Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears happiness or sadness.

The dirty little secret is that the pool man who's making $30 000 a year is subsidizing the million-dollar mortgage for the family whose pool he cleans. No wonder people want to get rid of tax breaks for corporate jets.

Admitting failure is quite cleansing but never - pleasurable.

However it is debased or misinterpreted love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience.