To ponder is not to brood or grieve or even meditate. It is to wonder at a deep level.

Liberation, I guess, is everybody getting what they think they want, without knowing the whole truth. Or in other words, liberation finally amounts to being free from things we don't like in order to be enslaved by things we approve of. Here's to the eternal tandem.

Almost anything can be dealt with if people are of good will and light hearts and strong values.

Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.

to understand our love they'd have to turn the world upside down

Love is the grand prize and the garbage heap. Love is a spiritual root canal and the only thing that makes life worth living. Love is a little taste of always and a big bite of nothing. And love is everything in between these extremes.

For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits. When things are not going well, when I'm grumpy or mad, I'll realize that I've not been paying attention to my soul and I've not been following my best routine.