I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem.
Happiness is part of being whole. It means having an understanding of your identity and purpose, an established feeling of acceptance and value, and a sense of destiny, joy, and peace -- all of which produce overall well-being. It is impossible to be...
O night, O sweetest time, though black of hue, with peace you force all the restless work to end; those who exalt you see and understand, and he is sound of mind who honours you. You cut the thread of tired thoughts, for so you offer calm in your moi...
If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war. If the government is inefficient, top-heavy, and tax-mad, better i...
The poet dreams of the mountain Sometimes I grow weary of the days, with all their fits and starts. I want to climb some old gray mountains, slowly, taking The rest of my lifetime to do it, resting often, sleeping Under the pines or, above them, on t...
We are split people. For myself, half of me wishes to sit quietly with legs crossed, letting the things that are beyond my control wash over me. But the other half wants to fight a holy war. Jihad! And certainly we could argue this out in the street,...
Young Noah: My Dearest Allie. I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore, because I know that what we had was real. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll ...
He who always wants the last word, ends up talking to himself.
The goose goes so often into the kitchen till at last she sticks to the spit.
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.
That which the wise man does first, the fool does last.
Only when the coffin is closed will we see how long lasting is the name.
Men have thought about their marriage a whole year long -- and it lasts but one night.
Of course there are peace-loving Muslims.
Peace is our original state
Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience.
Deep experience is never peaceful.
I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.
You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
Where life ends, peace begins!
