What falls away is always. And is near.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.

May my silences become more accurate.

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.

When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.

Be kind to yourself, so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

It could be disastrous to speak your mind while you are deep in thought.

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen.

I don't bow down to the federal government.

You are a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

Human sacrifice is much in vogue right now. The Republican right thinks that people who get on its nerves, especially women, should be sent to the stake. . .

A brand is a promise. A good brand is a promise kept.

When you have too many people and you're trying to satisfy everybody's input, you usually end up with something so incredibly generic that it has no point of view.