Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes anger awareness part
Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape. Yusef Komunyakaa breakclassicaledit share on social
Poets are seen as the caretakers of language, so working with words no matter what the form is what we do. Yusef Komunyakaa caretakerformlanguage Change image and share on social
I excavate history. I look at lives buried under too much silence. Periods of time, like slavery, have to be revisited, reimagined, so we can move through them. Yusef Komunyakaa buryexcavatehistory Change image and share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social
Sometimes the routes leading to feelings of anger are so convoluted and circuitous that it takes enormous skill to discern their original source, or fountainhead. But regardless of the reason for or the source of the anger or the relative ease or complexity in perceiving either the anger or its source - everybody, but everybody, gets angry. Theodore Isaac Rubin angerangrycircuitous share on social
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either. Bodhidharma ariseawarenessbody Change image and share on social