In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.

Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.

The dancing vortex of a sacred metaphor clashes horns and halos to make wounded music set to the tempo of a new era in brilliant labor.

Compassion crowns the soul with its truest victory.

Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.

Love, Mercy, and Grace, sisters all, attend your wounds of silence and hope.

The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.

Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.

Hearts rebuilt from hope resurrect dreams killed by hate.

In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain.

September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles’ wings.--from the poem Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001

Money isn’t everything.’‘The only people who say that are people who have enough money to pay the rent.

There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.

The saddest day of my life was the day I didn't get to play football anymore.

Whenever you're pissed off, just remember that it's better than being pissed on.

Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls.

The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.

Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and wonderful - those stories, they're just incredible.

When you have a spirit of excellence, you do the right thing not because somebody is watching or making you do it; you do it because it's the right thing to do.

It is absolutely impossible to transcend the laws of nature. What can change in historically different circumstances is only the form in which these laws expose themselves.

He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity.