Poetry is partly sympathy, don't you think? If it's any good, it gets people to think about others' points of view.

Kiss me with rain on your eyelashes, come on, let us sway together, under the trees, and to hell with thunder.

Valentine WeatherKiss me with rain on your eyelashes, come on, let us sway together, under the trees, and to hell with thunder.

It was a beautiful spring night, the air rain-washed and smelling of crushed blossoms, and Henry felt as if the muscles of his body were singing in unison.

Empathy is the key to negotiating and resolving conflict.

Quality questions create a quality life.

I don't know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.

It's fun to play people who are flawed.

things which in my mind blossom will stumble beneath a clumsiest disguise appear capable of fragility and indecision

Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.

If you can be a blessing to somebody else, you're sowing a seed for God to help you.

Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution.

God would turn the world around to find suffering in order to give it to a soul upon whom He has set His Divine gaze with ineffable love.