"A mind that is lively and inquiring,..." - Quote by Mary Oliver

“I don't want to end up simply having visited this world.”

“The three ingredients of poetry: the mystery of the universe, spiritual curiosity, the energy of language.”

“I was very careful never to take an interesting job. If you have an interesting job, you get interested in it.”

“It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.”

“Awareness takes over from thinking. Instead of being in charge of your life, thinking becomes the servant of awareness.”

“It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.”

“When your fulfillment and sense of self are no longer dependent on the future outcome, joy flows into whatever you do. You do what you do because the action itself is fulfilling. Whatever you do or create in that state is of high quality. This is because it is not a means to an end, and so a loving care flows into your doing.”

“When I'm not actually doing my work, I'm planning it or thinking about it or reading things that on some level are transformed into performance fantasies. I have no active interests. I never go anywhere or do anything that transports me outside the boundaries of my mind.”

“What is The Subconscious to every other man, in its creative aspect becomes, for writers, The Muse.”