The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.

The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.

Could he hear my heart pounding?

Our God is known for His compassion for the needy

Be the fish that discovers the water and don't let the moment exceed her weakness

Don't be a leaf... Be a tree!

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Winning as a team is better than anything. It's great to share success.

We willingly accept and even embrace this mind control, and probably without even knowing it.

A warrior of light always commits himself. He is enslaved to his dream but he is free in his steps.

While Dawn worked two jobs to meet ends, her son was busy cutting school and hanging with his friends.