Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and not to be judged by immediate results.

If you can say it, it begins to exist.

Can injustice one way be corrected without the interim reaction that tries to impose injustice the other way?

There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough.

The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.

The root and the flower have to trust each other. If the root does not trust, the plant won't blossom.

They miss the whisper that runs any day in your mind, "Who are you really, wanderer?"-- and the answer you have to give no matter how dark and cold the world around you is: "Maybe I'm a king.