Education is not filling up a box but seeing what you can create with one and don't you ever forget that!

They say you can tell a lot about a country by the way it treats its prisoners…I believe the same can be said for how a country treats its children

An educator...a good one that is, inspires others to be even better than herself.

I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.

Be the kind of grown up you needed as a child.

Most often it is in heartache that we love more boldly.

People say they walk on the shoulders of giants. True, but have you ever walked like one?

Be simple. Be direct. Be clear. Don't worry about being correct. Worry about being real.

Create something. Create something ugly. Create something beautiful.  I don't care what it is. Create it.

Start each day asking, "How do I want others to feel?" Then act accordingly. xo

A poem a day keeps the doctor away.

Doubt is what keeps the heart and mind of every man alive. It 's what makes us think twice.

I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage.

Did you ever have something to say and feel as if the whole side of the wall wouldn't be big enough to say it on, and then sit down on the floor and try to get it onto a sheet of charcoal paper?

Every man is his own hell.

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth and other social problems.

To cognize the Divine Essence - this is the highest purpose of soul, sent by the Creator to the Earth!

I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.

Drugs are horrible; I say no to drugs. I've never done drugs in my life.

Writing about something specific, in my mind, was overwhelming, so I wrote about art because I love art and I know I can say a couple of funny things about art.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.