God is not a celestial prison warden jangling the keys on a bunch of lifers--he's a shepherd seeking for sheep, a woman searching for coins, a father waiting for his son.

Faith is not belief in spite of evidence but a life in scorn of the consequences.

Fear is the polio of the soul which prevents our walking by faith.

Every truth in this world stretched beyond its limits will become a false doctrine.

We will always find ourselves in trouble when we get comfortable with things as they are.

Love is misunderstood by many. Love is to be in the state of calmness even when everything is getting destroyed of you & around you. Love is to be Permanent in the law of impermanence.

Spiritual knowledge is fruitful only when it is applied

A poem without metaphor is a gelding

The Occupy Wall Street protests are shining a national spotlight on the most powerful, dangerous and secretive economic and political force in America.

There have been many most excellent poets that have never versified, and now swarm many versifiers that need never answer to the name of poets.

You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.

Whoever loses the capability for inner silence, loses contact to himself and soon won't be able to think clearly any more.

The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at a horrific rate. We must understand that we can't buy it back.