"A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair."

"The artist in me cries out for design."

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."

"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work."

"The paradox of freedom is that gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"The paradox of freedom is that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo."

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."