I wish I could see a cherry blossom or a lotus flower. Where could they be?

Your daughter's coming of age, you ought to let her see the world a little.

Life in this village is like that of a louse hanging on to a wrinkle in a loincloth.

The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.

Pray always for grace and strength.

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.

I've learned it's a human responsibility to create fun, not just wait for it.

Night will always be a time of fear and insecurity, and the heart will sink with the sun.

There are times when I feel uninspired and I don't want to compose. I call these my 'bewitched' periods. I have to be touched with a magic wand.

The reconciling gospel is always at the forefront of the church’s social action, because a full belly is not better than a reconciled soul.

If you hadn't noticed, I like to talk about myself.

I was told having a website would help me. I have yet to figure out why my life story needs to be on the web.