In the name of peace They waged the wars ain't they got no shame

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

Democracy cannot function or survive without a sufficient medium by which citizens remain informed and engaged in public policy debates.

A typical Ponzi scheme involves taking money from investors, then paying them off with money taken from new investors, rather than paying them from actual earnings.

Hiding under the bed doesn't make the worry stop.

Three weeks ago one of my dreams came true. I finally got to see something I always wanted to witness live. I finally saw someone get hit by a car... Nailed!

Everyone, especially minorities of race and ethnicity, now live under a surveillance panoptican.

I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth.

One of the reasons I picked Pacifica was because, for a lot of classes and for your thesis, you could do artwork because of the Jungian slant of it all, and that really called to me.

Maybe if he did really well they'd give him some mouldy apples.

In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me.

The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of the same people, including Richard Hell.