You don't want to be victimized by your lesser talents.

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.

For those who can, one of the things to do is not to move. To stay put. That doesn't mean don't travel; it means have a place and get involved in what can be done in that place. That's the only way we're going to have a representative democracy in America. Nobody stays anywhere long enough to take responsibility for a local community.

Will be but corpses dressed in frocks, who cannot speak to birds or rocks.

You don't want to be victimized by your lesser talents.

All those years and their moments— Crackling bacon, slamming car doors, Poems tried out on friends, Will be one more archive, One more shaky text.

Zen aims at freedom but its practice is disciplined.