See, forgiveness doesn't happen all at once. It's not an event - it's a process.
I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
If our children are unable to voice what they mean, no one will know how they feel. If they can’t imagine a different world, they are stumbling through a darkness made all the more sinister by its lack of reference points. For a young person growing up in America’s alienated neighborhoods, there can be no greater empowerment than to dare to speak from the heart — and then to discover that one is not alone in ones feelings.
Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.
All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.
A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.
If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of tackling climate change. Putting a price on carbon would do this.
I ask God most often that we would be an unbroken line of Christians until Christ shall return.
When I was young, I lived like an old woman, and when I got old, I had to live like a young person.
There's a point in everyone's career where they're not going to be playing as well as they should be. You just have to keep you confidence and not hang your head and realize that you're going to figure it out and that you're going to get better and that you're going to learn. Learn from all your mistakes.