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

A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.

War poisons the land Like diseased minds downloaded/ into bowls of tears.

The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.

Someone had to embrace positive beginnings before anyone could celebrate successful conclusions or continuations.

Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails.

What hell condemned, let heaven now heal.