When a writer dies, he becomes his books.

how can i everbreathe normally againafter having been cradledby the kind of sorrowso silent, that it nourishesafter having been sweptby the kind of joyso absolute, that it wounds.

…Imagine that you yourself are building the edifice of human destiny with the object of making people happy in the finale, of giving them peace and rest at last, but for that you must inevitably...

Belief In Self””If you quit while pursuing your dreams, you will never know how close you’ve come to success. It might have been hidden behind that next door you decided not to open, since the...

Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there’s another side to the coin, and you can’t remember it when it wears off, but...

You will only find the profoundly inexpressible in profound silence.

The lesson I have to teach is this: Leave all creative energies uninhibited. Merely organize society to act in harmony with this lesson. Let society’s legal apparatus remove all obstacles the best it can. Permit...

CURTAIN CALLThe world is our stage and the final act can highlight or ruin a beautiful play

There is somethingmystically sadand beautifulabouthowi will neversee youagainbut meet youagain and againin poetry.

The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.

CHALLENGE – Instead of losing motivation, empower yourself to prove detractors wrong

If you build the faith to trust a friend as God, then your heart can never be broken.

may my faith always beat the end of the daylike a hummingbird…returningto its favorite flower.

When we forget our essential similarities, we forget how to get along, and that cannot but lead to prejudice, discrimination, and eventually, conflict.

CORE ADOREOur true worth lies in our character, not in our accomplishments

Crises marked by anxiety, doubt, and despair have always been those periods of personal unrest that occur at the times when a man is sufficiently unsettled to have an opportunity for personal growth. We must...

Two people don’t see same event as opportunity. When one see it a problem; other look to capitalize it for optimum benefit

Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past.

ORTHODOX PARADOX Religion, unlike ethnicity, is inculcated Kamil Ali

lean in to kiss mein all the placeswhere the acheis the most special.

Does wanting to die equal losing your mind?

MIND & GRINDSelf-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers

POLISH your MIND to reflect the shimmering BEAUTY of your WORDS and ACTIONS.

she’s gotoceanstucked awayin her hairpoems swimunder her skin.

The books of C.S. Lewis had a very profound, indirect effect on me.

WHO WHAT WHERE WHY WHENPersonality redefines character through phases of wisdom at different ages

I told him I believed in hell, and that certain people, like me, had to live in hell before they died, to make up for missing out on it after death, since they didn’t believe...

…how it would be nice if, for every sea waiting for us, there would be a river, for us. And someone -a father, a lover, someone- able to take us by the hand and find...

The women watched the men, watched to see whether the break had come at last. The women stood silently and watched. And where a number of men gathered together, the fear went from their faces,...

WILL ALIGNMENTDespot’s ultimate goal, using terror as his tool in trade = Corporal punishment in schoolsKamil Ali

Hands. Cheeks. Eyes. Lips.Neck. Ears.Thighs.Heart. Soul.Ahh!the things I get tosavor you with.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

LINK OUT OF SYNCWhen the mind fails to keep pace with the body’s maturityKamil Ali

A virtuos woman is not moved by big names and flamboyance, but only men of profound wisdom and integrity move her.

The approaching exhaustion of domestic reserves of petroleum and the rapid depletion of world reserves will have a profound effect on Americans in the cities and on the farms.

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

COVERT CONVERTIf you don’t believe in God, then believe in the hidden camera

Deep within, there is something profoundly known, not consciously, but subconsciously. A quiet truth, that is not a version of something, but an original knowing. What this, absolute, truth [identity] is may be none of...

The man who’ll lay the last stone here isn’t even born yet.

All things, even the deepest sorrow or the most profound happiness are all temporary. Hope is fuel for the soul, without hope, forward motion ceases.

RACE CAREAnagram/Acronym: Respect, Accept & Coexist EthnicallyKamil Ali

to be a poet meansto live with a permanent wound forever susceptibleto either the shade of the skyor someone’s eyes.

A wise man’s goal shouldn’t be to say something profound, but to say something useful.

ARE YOU A MOVIE STAR?Prerequisite for Laziness: Creativity, award winning actor/actress, convincing speech

It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones,...

Don’t you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

I don’t speak, I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

MISTEND MINDSETManipulate suicidal thoughts to manufacture life-coping tools

Then we are living in a place abandoned by God,” I said, disheartened.”Have you found any places where God would have felt at home?” William asked me, looking down from his great height.

Think of something clever, witty or profound, keep it short and people may quote you.