There are those who say that poets should use her and his art to change the world. I'd agree with that, but I think everybody should do that. I think the chef and the baker and the candlestick maker - I think everybody should be hoping to make it a better world.

Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.

In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show.

When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one - it's the first blow in a suicidal movement.

Glory falls around us as we sob a dirge of desolation on the Cross

It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend oneself. I don't think it's fair to ask anybody not to defend herself or himself.