A Name in a Foreign Tongue

It is a sad fate for a people to be defined for posterity by their enemies.

Other Statements of Faith

I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract

Motivation

Any effort that has self-glorification as its final ending is bound to end in disaster.

Foreseeing Difficulty

Victory awaits him who has everything in order -- luck, people call it.

Looking at the Natural Bridge

It is impossible for the emotions , arising from the sublime, to be felt beyond what they are here: so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing, as it were, up to heaven, the rapture of the Spectator is really indescribable!

Writing Letters

hey say you were something in those formative years

Speaking Your Part

A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from wihin, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.

Coming from You

You must speak as if
to be understood is expected,
not longed for.

Light in His Eyes

He played a dance they play in some parts of Italy
when the harvest of grapes is over and the wine
presses are ready for work

Blackbirds in Another Season

But now in July they're back and everything is at its alivest and every foot of these sloughs is humming and cricking and buzzing and chirping, a whole community of millions of living things living out their lives in a kind of benign continuum.

Why Search Outside

Ever after he urged his friends: "Open your own treasure house and use those treasures."

Simplicity

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

The Characters of Crisis

One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

Dreaming Past the Disillusionment

Only, here and there, an old sailor,
Drunk and asleep in his boots,
Catches tigers
In red weather.

Battle Between Two Minds

One is totally ours, and it is like a faint voice that always brings us order, directness, purpose.

At Once

But here, the candles give off their warm glow,
the same light that Shakespeare and Izaak Walton wrote by,
the light that lit and shadowed the faces of history.

Never Say Never

Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.

Words and Dialogue

he says a word
I say a word:
autumn deepens

The Freedom

Just between us,
I think it's time for us to realize
The spaces in between
Leave room for you and I to grow.

For the New Year

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.