Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.
ABERJHANIFirst steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.
More Aberjhani Quotes
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His [Ben Okri’s] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them:
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
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A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.
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Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics,
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Than they are to hearing anything about acts of love or grace.
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The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery.
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The rainbows that dangle upon this mist: shatter. Like the smile of a child separated from his mother’s milk for the very first time.from poem Blood and Blossoms
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I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.
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Horror tore this world asunder. While inside the bleeding smoke and beyond the shredded weeping flesh we memorized tales of infinite good. -from The History Lesson
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When the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics of religious organizations, and when broken hearts bleed pain in darkness
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Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations.
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Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
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How hard are human beings willing to fight to achieve and sustain justice, equanimity, or joy? And should progress be called such when it devours what is best within the human spirit?
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Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you.
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Yet continuously occupies the same bed or pathway, and accommodates life’s endings with the same musical grace with which it accommodates
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