It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the suburban enclaves that ring the city.

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

Awakening into love is a lifelong path.

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money.

People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself through the power of forgiveness and compassion.

The best #‎ gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, #‎ happier , and more at #‎ peace .

Trust is like sand, one lie and it slips away.

Forget the past and live the present hour.

Sucking your thumb without a blanket is like eating a cone without ice cream!

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.

There are those that even God exploits, and they are prophets and saints in the vacuousness of the world.

It is a great shame; most of our words are misused tools / which often still smell of the mud in which previous owners / desecrated them.

"Away, away," says hate. "Closer, closer," says love.

Then you're a bigger fool than I thought. Since when has any man ever been worthy of the woman he loved? It's only by God's grace that they love us in spite of ourselves.

Things are simple when you're going to die.

Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.