A sure sign of a soul-based workplace is excitement, enthusiasm, real passion; not manufactured passion, but real involvement. And there's very little fear.

Poetry for me has been a long pilgrimage, a journey and a growing relationship with the unknown.

We are the only species on earth capable of preventing our own flowering.

I love the best of all the traditions. My discipline is the take-no-prisoners language of good poetry, but a language that actually frees us from prejudice, no matter what religion or political persuasion they are. I try to create a river-like discourse. The river is not political, it's not on your side or against you. It's an invitation into the onward flow.

Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.

The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.

Shyness means you are in the hallway of a greater presence. You just don't know how to take the conversation another step. It's a lovely indication.