A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen.

Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition.

When one flower blooms spring awakens everywhere

The life and passion of a person leave an imprint on the ether of a place. Love does not remain within the heart, it flows out to build secret tabernacles in a landscape.

Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never exposes its secret trust and belonging to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture. Real intimacy is of the soul, and the soul is reserved.

We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where there is no more shadow, darkness, loneliness, isolation, or pain. They are home.

Inspiration is always a surprising visitor.

When time is reduced to linear progress, it is emptied of presence.

...the only difference between a young person at the height of their exuberance and a very old person who is frail and physically wasted is time.

Friendship is a creative and subversive force. It claims that intimacy is the secret law of life and universe.

When you steal a people's language, you leave their soul bewildered.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

Dive down into the deepest depth of your soul there you will find your ocean of wisdom.

If someone you love asks you to give up something you love, don't do it.

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.

I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill that I can live with if we don't.

You might be a redneck if taking a dip has nothing to do with water.

The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.

The fact that I get to do what I love and 14 years in, I'm still doing it - I don't know how anything could get better.

Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected.

The small is easy to scatter.