He's the President—it's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted.
Hokahey! Today is a good day to die.
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
I see a time of Seven Generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the Sacred Tree of Life and the whole earth will become One Circle again.
Upon suffering beyond suffering: the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world filled with broken promises, selfishness and separations. A world longing for light again. I see a time of Seven Generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the Sacred Tree of Life and the whole Earth will become one circle again.
We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone.
I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am at that place within me, we shall be one.
It seems that people are more comfortable with the private outrage about gay marriage, because when you are outraged about this issue, it requires no work. There's no work that you have to do when you're outraged about a gay couple. There is work that you have to do if you want to see black fathers raise their children. There is work that you have to do if you want to see a school develop.
I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it
In life you can either follow your fears or be led by your values, by your passions.
I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage. . . I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.