Only love and courage will make this world a safer place. Hatred and fear will make it more dangerous.

Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language.

Every child comes into this world as a gift to humanity.

War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another.

Those who refuse to look at or give expression to the dark side of life are in denial-fear preventing passage through the door of growth, truth and, ultimately, wisdom.

There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream.

Dead people are easy to love. It's the living ones who are hard.