The beginner hugs his infant poem to him and does not want it to grow up. But you may have to break your poem to remake it.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

Don’t call me babe. I’m not a floozy. Or a freaking talking pig.

The simple act of putting your truth on paper, only you and your thoughts, is one of the most powerful exercises you can do.

Loving others isn't about us at all. And until that sinks in, we'll never be able to love the way Christ truly loved.

If you the best, take the test!

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.

Their friendship was more important than any relationship. Guys would come and go; girlfriends were forever.

I believe what I practice has to do with something deeper than religion, that it embodies all religions, including Judaism. And Christianity. And Islam.

Just write and love what you're writing. And if you're not loving what you're writing, take a look at why and fix that.