There is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When we are humiliated, we are in effect returning to the ground of our being.

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.

Poetry is a break for freedom.

Whether we stay or whether we go - to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made.

The fear of loss, in one form or another, is the motivator behind all conscious and unconscious dishonesties.

I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love.

To remember the other world in this world is to live in your true inheritance.