We shall give up the things of childhood -- gods and demons, planets and suns, guilts and regrets.

Believers in Christ owe nothing to God in payment for salvation . . . but they do owe God a life of undivided devotion and service.

Do not focus on the problem.

Why endure verticality when you can be horizontal?

Writing poetry makes you intensely conscious of how words sound, both aloud and inside the head of the reader. You learn the weight of words and how they sound to the ear.

The criterion for what is good is based on whether it relieves someone, brings joy, or soothes a distress.

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.

We Need a RESET IN THE WAY THE ECONOMY GROWS Around the World

Each time you admire the façade of the New York Public Library, you are paying homage to Western civilization.

I think we are worlds compressed into human form.

Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think.