“…the prisoner’s dreams is the guard’s spirituality”

“Some times I think this whole world
Is one big prison yeard
Some of us are prisoners
The rest of us are guards”

“My God, but I command King Ferdinand's guard and-" "And King Ferdinand, sir, is a prisoner! Which does not speak, sir, for the efficacy of his guard.”

“It is for him that is lonely or in prison to dream of fellowship, but for him that is of a fellowship to do and not to dream.”

“we only asked for leopards to guard
our thinning dreams.”

“The prison industrial complex is much more than the sum of all the jails and prisons in this country. It is a set of symbiotic relationships among correctional communities, transnational corporations, media conglomerates, guards' unions, and legislative and court agendas.”

“Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in fight, searching the skies for dreams.”

“They're lining up the prisoners
And the guards are taking aim
I struggled with some demons
They were middle-class and tame
I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim.”

“So I wait for the day
when I'll hear the key
as it turns in the lock
And the guard will say to me,
"Oh my patient prisoner
you waited for this day and finally,
you are free!
You are free!
You are free!"”

“Healthy relationships should always begin at the spiritual and intellectual levels - the levels of purpose, motivation, interests, dreams, and personality.”