If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

I must go in, the fog is rising.

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

Bring me the sunset in a cup.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know the breath of our childrenso longfor the sacrifice and endurance of our mothers and the sustained breath of our fatherswe live

What is poetry? The person who answers it, can't be a poet!

When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.

If you're OK with being clumsy, it's funny. But if you are super embarrassed, people are going to laugh at you.

I'm in an on-off relationship at the moment.

A thoroughbred business man cannot enter heartily upon the business of life without first looking into his accounts.

Hip-hop and R&B are especially fertile bases of collaboration. It always makes good records and good music.

Spirit moves through all things.

I must find a truth that is true for me.

I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think.