Art is a game. Poetry as well. At the end of the day, you either know how to play it or not.

What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.

And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express

My last thought before falling asleep was that we are all a lot more capable of conquering obstacles and fears than we think.

Perfection is the enemy of authenticity.

Second order effects, such as belief in belief, makes fanaticism.

It's a fault line where the flotsam and energy that washes up from the Pacific collides with all of urban America crashing in from the other direction.

Again and again, when Westerners are perceived as denigrating Muhammad, the Koran, or Islam, Islamists demonstrate, riot or kill.

Even when there’s a straight path in front of us, we, unfortunately, and foolishly, turn right~ around and it’s after that we realize it.

If we would see others as they see themselves, our shyness would soon become compassion.

Women are enslaved by their own liberation.