I believe in kindness. Also in mischief.

it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

I don't ask for the sights in front of me to change, only the depth of my seeing.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began.

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love and the ability to question. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.

You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.

I believe only in the religion which spreads the word of nonjudgmental love.

You are the candle, love is the light, enlighten the mind, and heart with your empowering light.

Empathy plays a crucial role in the reduction of stress from the moment of birth.

The truth is, as most of us know, that global warming is real and humans are major contributors, mainly because we wastefully burn fossil fuels.

Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the bamboo's shadow, One sometimes hears the pieces being moved.

The middle class in America is at a tipping point. It will not last another generation if we don't boldly change course now.

Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent; being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two are as different from one another as activity and passivity.

Detective fiction could not have existed without Edgar Allan Poe.

This helpful book on the role of the arts fills a significant gap in the growing literature on holistic faith-based programs.

I've been doing that song ["Live Wire"] on my own for years, so no, I'm not worried about [high notes] at all.