Here is the Truth in a little creed, Enough for all the roads we go: In Love is all the law we need, In Christ is all the God we know.

The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is brotherhood.

There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.

At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky is a place of central calm.

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.

Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; But a greater thing is to fight life through, and at the end, 'The dream is true!'

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.

Choices are the hinges of destiny.

To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.

Marriage is mutual faithful friendship.

If he would see me again, I would die happy. In the meantime, I was merely dying.

I share my life experiences as a poet with my students. My poetic difficulties, joys, struggles and discoveries. If I read a new poem or essay or book I'm excited about, I bring it in.

Although all poets aspire to be birds, no bird aspires to be a poet.

I think the current book [for Christian apologetics] is by Lee Strobel, its called A Case for Christ.

Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself

Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.

An animal products diet is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day.

We will pursue them until they lose their nerves... Now that they have indulged in their evil and crimes, they will suffer a defeat.

For a driver to be driven by somebody else is an ordeal, for there are only three types of drivers: the too fast, the timid and oneself.