God be in my head And in my understanding; God be in mine eyes And in my looking; God be in my mouth And in my speaking; God be in my...

I cannot sleep.  The long, long Night is full of bitterness. I sit alone in my room, Beside a smoky lamp. I rub my heavy eyelids And idly...

First, erase your mane, unravel your years, destroy your surroundings, uproot what you seem, and who remains standing?Then, rewrite...

Billie Holiday’s burned voice had as many shadows as lights, a  mournful candelabra against a sleek piano the gardenia her signature...

Slender grasses, A breeze on the riverbank, The tall mast Of my boat alone in the night. Stars hang All across a vast plain. The moon...

And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship. And he answered,  saying: Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow...

We often pass a night warm and intimate In an unfamiliar room whose shape In the daytime we have no way to know, Let alone its past, its...

Vedic From The Rig Veda (c 1500 – 1200 BC) So vast, our Goddess Night, she rises, star-eyes gazing everywhere; all her finery of dress...

Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is a beauty, praise it. Life is a challenge, mean it. Life is a duty, perform it. Life is a game,...

Quote On the truths of the human experienceOn Reason and Passion And the priestess spoke again and said: Speak to us of Reason and...