The alternative to peace is war, which will expose everyone to mass casualties, misery and a loss of perspective for many years to come.
In Hawaii, we have something called Ho'oponopono, where people come together to resolve crises and restore peace and balance.
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
With power comes the abuse of power. And where there are bosses, there are crazy bosses. It's nothing new.
What makes eBay successful - the real value and the real power at eBay - is the community. It's the buyers and sellers coming together and forming a marketplace.
How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry.
I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies.
The completely solitary self: that's where poetry comes from, and it gets isolated by crisis, and those crises are often very intimate also.
Nowadays, what an award gives is a sense of solidarity with the poetry guild, as it were: sustenance coming from the assent of your peers on the judging panel.
A lot of people have questioned how yoga and their own spiritual beliefs can come together. Yoga actually pre-dates religion.
I don't practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation.
When a script like 'Hardflip' comes along, with a real depiction of the rewards of a father-son relationship but also the difficulties of building one, you have my attention.
President Bush will come here and there will be new 'friends' of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who 'liberated' them.
I come from a theatrical background, where, if you're working on a movie or a play, you always respect the people you work with. You're accommodating.
If we cannot come together to pause, to respect our dead and the heroic lives of meaning they led, then ours is truly a civilization lost.
Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.
When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes are sad, and the lyrics follow the mood of the melody.
Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
There are two things that come very easily to me: rooting for New York sports teams and making mistakes.
I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.
I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.
