One age is like another for the soul.

But he had gone his way, the grass all mown, And I must be, as he had been - alone, As all must be, I said within my heart, Whether they work together or apart.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

I am sure I have heard this several times from places I can't recall, but it's not already in the Gaia Quotes database, so I add this profound insight from the fields of psychological healing and spiritual evolution. It sure has helped me.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.