Something that was instilled in me by my parents at a very young age is that there is no happy life without a life of service.
War poisons the land Like diseased minds downloaded into bowls of tears.
Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.
This world’s anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back.
In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics of religious organizations, and when broken hearts bleed pain in darkness without the relief of compassion, the voice of an exceptional poet producing exceptional work is not something the world can afford to dismiss.
'Mixtape' is a very appropriate word to include in the title of Goran Hugo Olsson's film because it includes a rich mixture of cultural voices. They speak across different dividing lines such as those of haves and have-nots, youth and maturity, black and white, national and global, and the past and the present.
What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?
I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being a performer on my own until I was 12 or 13.
For you to have any relationship with God, it must be through His Word by His Spirit.
Throw your stick and stones, throw your bombs and your blows, but you're not gonna break my soul.
It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman.