“There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.”

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

Many lovers have been divorced By having what is free enforced.

Hope is not found in a way out but a way through.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.

We dance around in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

If you’re looking for something to be brave about, consider fine arts.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

There are tones of voices that mean more than words.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

There are tones of voices that mean more than words.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

The beauty of enmity is insecurity; the beauty of friendship is in security.

This is my letter to the world that never wrote to me.

The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.

Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.

There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world – no matter how large or small our circle of influence.

The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.

Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall.

We don’t make ourselves compassionate; we are born compassionate.

By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.