Look: I am nothing. I do not even have ashes to rub into my eyes.

Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.

Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.

Practice good personal hygiene. Wash your hands before you eat. Be aware of good clean water and food sources.

It goes without saying that a fine short poem can have the resonance and depth of an entire novel.

There is this cave In the air behind my body That nobody is going to touch: A cloister, a silence Closing around a blossom of fire. When I stand upright in the wind, My bones turn to dark emeralds.

I close my eyes, and think of water.

Most of the pollution in the water already is dead animal and plant matter and building debris, ... good stagnant nursery for mosquitoes.

Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota

Someone like you makes the sun shine brighter. Someone like you makes a sigh half a smile. Someone like you makes my troubles much lighter. Someone like you make life seem worthwhile.

They can buy whatever brand they want. We will supply the finance.

Instead of getting the leaders we deserve, we can an abundance of ShitRollsDownhill Shovelers, ShitCatchers, and NewShitCreators.

Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours

The best quote has never been said nor written.I do not need a quote.P. HermansNetherlands, August 11, 2016

Love has two faces, one makes you alive and the other destroys you...

You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.

There is nothing wrong with a big bet, if a big bet is a good bet.

Riches do not come by crossing your fingers and walking through the day hoping. Riches and wealth comes from well-laid plans.

Leadership is a dare - and the dare is, 'Are you willing to show up?'

What are you boys doing?” she asks, as if we’re still little kids messing around. “Arguin’,” Carlos says matter-of-factly.

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.