"Haiku can be the antidote against the kind of poetry dominated by egos and battling personalities."

"Small moments of natural wonder (as a youth), seemed to have prepared me to appreciate Japanese haiku."

"The arts have always transcended national boundaries as the haiku demonstrates."

"Haiku reading and writing can lead to a deeper understanding and appreciation of life and our environment."

"the clock chimes, chimes, and stops but the river..."

"For William J. Higginson, haiku was a perfect rose, glistening with dew—and, in the latter half of the twentieth cent…"

"Aye, think! Since time and life began, Your mind has only feared and slept; Of all the beasts they called you man Onl…"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."

"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."