The ninos santos (Psilocybe mexicana) heal. They lower fevers, cure colds, and give freedom from toothaches. They pull the evil spirits out of the body or free the spirit of the sick.

There is a world beyond ours, a world that is far away, nearby and invisible.

Every lake belongs to the quietness desired by the swans.

Music helps us understand where we have come from but, more importantly, what has happened to us.

His words saddened them greatly, though they couldn't say why.

News invented the modern world as much as the modern world invented news. Finding out what was going on elsewhere in the world change people's minds about what was possible or tolerable.

Worry, fear, doom, and gloom are all an absolute waste of energy ' ~ Ramie

Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.

I love my mother. She's my first love. She has been through a lot and is a sole survivor.

Inspiration is a message-in-a-bo ttle from the distant shore, a window into the other world, a tap of the muse's finger, the grace of the gods. It comes when you least expect it.

Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it.

I didn't leave the Congress; I was expelled.