The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms read more

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination.

Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of read more

Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of things to yield with a grace to reason and bow and accept at the end of a love or a season.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people read more

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and read more

Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and acceptance

Love is when you shed a tear and still want him, it's when he ignores you and you still love read more

Love is when you shed a tear and still want him, it's when he ignores you and you still love him, it's when he loves another girl but you still smile and say I'm happy for you, when all you really do is cry.