TIMETimeAnd how it slips through my fingersWithout putting its ring on them, And I remain simply its lover

When will the deathOf Death ever come?from "The Siege

Let them shoot us in the head, My blood will grow rootsand will blossom.

It rainsAnd rainsAnd rains.But there is a sky above the rain, Nothing can rot the sky.Earth has turned to mud. What of it?The heart of the planet is made of fire, of ardent sun.(from "A Rainy Day")

Innocent droplets of rainMake almost all events Quite natural.(from "A Rainy Day")

ABYSSOur country livesAmong the deadAnd dies among the livingSometimes.

Only with a leafcan I talk of the forest,

IN OUR CELLSThey keep us in our cellsFor a long time...And, if we get out, We lug them with us on our shoulders, Like a porter with a chest of goods.

Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.(from "Gratitude")

Strive to be a person of character not a person of power.

Faith is an act of self-consecration in which the will the intellect and the affections all have their place.

Classrooms and educations need to be places of infectious passion

Most of the music I've listened to or grew up listening to - a lot of it at least - is instrumental stuff.

About sacrifice and the offering of sacrifices, sacrificial animals think quite differently from those who look on: but they have never been allowed to have their say.

I think Donald Trump and Jeb Bush are the frontrunners. It's kind of like the race between the tortoise and the bad hair.

You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.

Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of the All-present.

Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized

51 Martin [guitar] sounded pretty good as new guitar. Martin has several levels of guitars now, and this one is pretty good.