I thought of human beings, as far back as I had read, of our deeds and didoes. According to some scientists, we were born to forever crawl in swamps, but for some not yet explained reason, we decided to stand erect and, despite gravity's pull and push, to remain standing. We, carnivorous beings, decided not to eat our brothers and sisters but to try to respect them. And further, to try to love them.

I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it.

If I'm here, I'll be trying to be a better human being, a better writer, a better friend and a better beloved.

Poetry is music written for the human voice.

No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.

I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.

I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life .

The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.