Resist the temptation to think what afflicts you is peculiar to you. Have faith that what is in your consciousness can be communicated to the consciousness of all. And is, in many cases, already there.

Writing poems is my way of celebrating with the world that I have not committed suicide the evening before.

Activism pays the rent on being alive and being here on the planet.

There is always a moment in any kind of struggle when one feels in full bloom. Vivid. Alive. One might be blown to bits in such a moment and still be at peace.

It matters to me that I feel loved by the universe - and I do.

Some people don't understand that it is the nature of the eye to have seen forever, and the nature of the mind to recall anything that was ever known.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.