If you would have peace, genuine peace, you must accept all the aspects of your personality and learn to be comfortable with them.

There was a rhythm to the canter. Up, forward, down; up, forward, down. It soon became pleasant. The broad warm rump felt good beneath her. The pounding was diminished, cushioned by the horse's muscles and the springiness of his hindquarter joints . . . The ridden horse was a marvel, diminishing space.

teaching meant for the hands enters most easily through the eyes.

There is no disgrace in peace. There can never be dishonor in peace.

I'm only the instrument through which one particular art is expressed. Poetry flows through me but it originates in the wellspring of creation that is the source of us all. When you strike out at someone else's achievement you are attacking your own share of a great gift.

Bodies wear out to remind us they are temporary, and force us to spend more thought on our spirits

Wine could become a place rather than a beverage.