Innocent droplets of rain make almost all events quite natural.

Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.

Only with a leaf can I talk of the forest

Could it be that the planets are castaway heads.

When will the deathOf Death ever come?from "The Siege

Let them shoot us in the head, My blood will grow rootsand will blossom.

TIMETimeAnd how it slips through my fingersWithout putting its ring on them, And I remain simply its lover

It rainsAnd rainsAnd rains.But there is a sky above the rain, Nothing can rot the sky.Earth has turned to mud. What of it?The heart of the planet is made of fire, of ardent sun.(from "A Rainy Day")

Innocent droplets of rainMake almost all events Quite natural.(from "A Rainy Day")

ABYSSOur country livesAmong the deadAnd dies among the livingSometimes.

Only with a leafcan I talk of the forest,

Change is neither good nor bad. It only creates a different situation.

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

Judging is a preemptive attack against that which you most desire - intimacy and acceptance - that is launched before you can be rejected or refused.

The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.

Slow is fast, gentle is powerful and stillness moves mountains

There are good reasons for being obedient, but being unable to be disobedient is not one of the best reasons.

What was alien was being ordinary, being humdrum, being trapped into appeasing...having to crush and stifle my opinions, not being allowed to be brilliant, tricking myself into mediocrity.

As long as you want to please everyone, you won't please anyone.

We cannot go backward. We cannot erase time and events. But we can go forward, hand in hand, hope in our hearts and love lighting our way.

The power of the individual is as powerful as the universe is infinite.