“All the world loves a ghost. The evidence of that simple statement can be found by looking in nearly every direction.”

Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.

By consciously meditating upon spiritual truths and cultivating personal integrity, one need never fear negative circumstances.

The more likely we are to continue to define history as one long inglorious record of man’s inhumanity to man.

Although himself frequently a target of guerrilla decontextualization, a major part of the meaning of Michael Jackson’s life was to help balance the accumulation of horrors

An outrageous instinct to love and be loved blinded your arms to lines of propriety

In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace.

As life in general constituted much pain in the form of struggles against poverty, disease, ignorance, and emotional anguish,

The word ‘survivor’ carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women.

The ecstatic beauty and soulful grace of Rumi’s poetry inspires human hearts to believe in possibilities beyond the predictably fatal.

Upon the lips of babes asleep I saw light embracing light and so allowed my syllables to rest there as a prayer they might sing in their dreams.

Varieties of angels, like varieties of love, are many.

Millions cheer the warriorspilling blood across the ringwhile the one who stands for peaceis ridiculed and shamed.

The books are also a part of what I call the great continuum of spiritual literary dialogue that I feel has been in progress since human beings

From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin

Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in life.

We are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive forces of war

Finally a breath of fresh words founded in hardcore, intelligent research.

There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering.

Beauty and inspiration can be found in any natural place of the earth.

The Dhamma has to be found by looking into your own heart and seeing that which is true and that which is not, that which is balanced and that which is not balanced.

The most so far, because she found the saddest thing of all to be the simple truth of her capacity to move on.

And now that I’ve stopped looking, I’ve finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.