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I see poetry as spiritual medicine.
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In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their children. At the top of the list were conformity and strict obedience. More than fifty years later, when the Middletown survey was replicated, mothers placed autonomy and independence first. The healthiest parenting probably promotes a balance of these qualities in children.
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I carry my roots with me all the time rolled up, I use them as my pillow.
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There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.
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Every leader is telling a story... about what he or she values.
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When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.
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Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.
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An infant always learns. The less we interfere with the natural process of learning, the more we can observe how much infants learn all the time.
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The most effective guard against delinquency is a father who is at the same time both strict and loving.
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I believe in the Rip Van Winkle theory—that a man from 1910 must be able to wake up after being asleep for seventy years, walk into a ballpark, and understand baseball perfectly.
