I, the fiery life of divine wisdom, I ignite the beauty of the plains, I sparkle the water, I burn in the sun, and the moon, and the stars.

Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, you’ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. You’re a world—everything is hidden in you.

The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.

We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.

Even in a world that's being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.

Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.

The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.

Everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness.

Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.

A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it.

Every creature is a glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity.

Be humble to those who praise you.Be pleasant to those who honor you.Be kind to those who cherish you.Be good to those who love you.Be generous to those who adore you.

The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.

It's a question I often ask myself: what would I do with me? And I don't know the answer. I don't know what I'd do, except run away.

When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.

I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.

The knowledge that it takes to write a poem gets burnt up in the writing of the poem.

My heart is empty & my life has no value anymore. Each moment a thousand tears.

Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.

The overwhelming majority of people are comfortable with consensus, but successful investors tend to have a contrarian bent.

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.