Anyone can conquer anything, but the conquest of self frees the ego, and rewards one with limitless boundaries

Put in the time, learn something new, challenge your perception and know that a setback is an opportunity in hindsight

Wisdom defines the limits of one's knowledge and responsibility pushes one beyond those limits

Success is the ability to turn a pickle, a bump or an epic failure into an opportunity for success

A closed fist cannot give. How can one give when the fist is closed? Yet, most people approach relationships with a closed heart. How can one give love when the heart is closed?

It takes just one idea or act to connect the dots between hard work and success... Don’t relent until you find it

Cold feet under a warm blanket, steam over an empty mug--rain splatters on dry window pane--open journals of closed memories... tears of laughter and joy of pain... schmaltz of diametric morning.

Only the ones whose hearts have been conquered by LOVE know the secret language of the eyes. Leave trails of love today, perhaps others might be brave enough to follow

Love FREES both the giver and the receiver, love INCLUDES all, love GIVES without seeking or demanding anything in return

Nothing can resist a person who is nonresistant... When you overcome negative with positive...hate with love... Evil with good. You've turn a loss to a win... You have become profound.

Roses have thorns, ’ we whine. When thorns of life entwine. Simple things can bring solace to heart-Things everyone take for granted-Like tending beds of fragile roses-with heart full of scars

Inspiration for what we produce comes from reading, observing the world of humans around us and also the animal kingdom

The act of metaphor then was a thrust at truth and lie, depending where you were: inside, safe, or outside, lost.

I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.

Quite clearly this is a human disaster of enormous proportions. We have tens and tens of thousands of displaced people across the United States,.

Celebrity is a corrosive condition for the soul.

This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway, oh no, this is the road to hell.

Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.

What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?

Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting.

I think playing music is one of my great joys in life.