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Our greatest power as nations and individuals is not the ability to employ assault weapons, suicide bombers, and drones to destroy each other. The gre...more

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On either side of a potentially violent conflict, an opportunity exists to exercise compassion and diminish fear based on recognition of each other's ...more

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The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a rest...more

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Making the choice to exercise compassion is an expression of Love for Humanity and Life itself.

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It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary.

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In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisi...more

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Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who v...more

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The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its ...more

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The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.

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Hope drowned in shadowsemerges fiercely splendid––boldly angelic.

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Feet sandaled with dreams tread paths of vision leading to wisdom’s sharp peaks.

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Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.

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Between death and hell a bridge shining silver wings offers his soul hope.

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Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the ...more

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Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.