The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing. And things you know before you hear them — those are you, those are why you are in the world.

...What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world, and we all live there.

An owl sound wandered along the road with me. I didn't hear it--I breathed it into my ears.

Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean.

Once we have tasted far streams, touched the gold, found some limit beyond the waterfall, a season changes and we come back changed but safe, quiet, grateful.

The signals we give-yes or no, or maybe-/should be clear/the darkness around us is deep.

The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing. And things you know before you hear them — those are you, those are why you are in the world.