You cannot have, nor do you deserve any success, you do not deeply wish for others.
Most happiness in a meaningful sense, is the absence of being cruel to oneself.
Good poetry does not exist merely for the sake of itself, but rather, is a byproduct of yearning and growth; great poetry canonizes that yearning for the growth of others.
Poetry can bridge that gap between what is solid and what is suggested; poetry can pull cogent meaning from the veiled truths outside of reason's grasp.
Set a goal, write it down, and get started. Don't think forever. Don't plan forever. Don't dream forever. Dreaming is not enough without the doing!
Words of affirmation are powerful. Words change lives; words and ideas change the world.
Nothing can be done to you without your permission.
Letters and arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for the sake of peace.
Knowledge may be power, but without wisdom and compassion, it will never be the solution.
If this is a smart world then I want to be stupid.
