Gestalt means whole, and so are you.

If you are driven by fear, anger or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by courage, awareness, tranquility and peace nature will serve you.

Wishes always find its way back. Wish others well.

...make a poem that does not disturb the silence from which it came." Wendell Berry

You're shadowed by your own dream, especially as you get older, of trying to create something that will last in poetry. And so, you're working on its behalf.

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink

I am furious about everything.

Well, how'd we get to talking about our ancestors? People think we don't talk about anything else in Charleston.

Your style is formed by what you can't do.

A few really dedicated people can offset the ill effects of masses of out-of-harmony people, so we who work for peace must not falter.

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.