going back and forth, back and forth, getting nowhere

I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences.

Because nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.

It appears these days I don't have much of a life because my nose is often stuck in a book. But I discovered that reading builds a life inside the mind.

I drank that sentence and began to glow.

You can always spot bright people. They are reading a book.

Dirt rolls from his palm, Blades of grass Tumble from his hair.

I'll be the invisible girl, Everyone passing through me, No one touching.

In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who are standing outside all that.

To be God's people, to love Him fervently with whole hearts, is our sole desire.

Only a happy mind will see the beauty of a beautiful view! For the sad mind everywhere looks gloomy!

All the greatest achievements of mind have been beyond the power of unaided individuals.

God and I have a great relationship but we both see other people.

You're not a little kid anymore. You need to make friends, get out of the house, and live your life.

External circumstances will not change until internal belief systems change.

When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.

Since Love has made ruins of my heart The sun must come and illumine them. Such generosity has broken me with shame.

Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people.