One cannot teach one to be a romantic, to love.  If they could, all of those poets would surely be out of their jobs. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC August 28, 2006

Time and again I have found it difficult to drink wine and cheer about the goodness of life while the object of my affection stands before me and cannot see me, cannot acknowledge me.  I must admit that even partial attention from my object can eventually become disenchantment. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC August 28, 2006

Do you cherish your capacity to dream?  Beware of the dreamkillers.  They surround at every corner.  Their goal is quite simply to put out the spark of your dreams before they can ever come close to fruition. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC May 21, 2006

Doesn't really matter if we were friends in this life or we generally liked or disliked each other.  What matters is that our lives will be forever changed having shared even a brief moment in life's room together. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC April 29, 2006

There is a snooze button that you can push for the inevitable.  If you listen to its sound, it can prepare you for the next steps of your journey. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, April 29, 2006

It never fails that one can be easily misunderstood and trivialized when he/she is zealous and excited about something.  It's a never ending struggle of mine.  It's disenchanting when you really would love to share something special with someone and they look at you as a supercilious know-it-all. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC April 22, 2006

The only thing that's certain is change itself. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, April 22, 2006

There are an infinite number of selves waiting there for you. Pick one voraciously. Explore one facet. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, April 17, 2006

Your past can be a bridge to your future, but need not determine your destiny. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC

Create with the wind.  Go whatever way the sun's rays may take you.  This is a test and the one who wins is the one who makes the boldest brush strokes with courage. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, April 17, 2006

There are an infinite number of selves waiting there for you.  Pick one voraciously.  Explore one facet. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, April 17, 2006

Trust not, lest ye be willing to subject thineself to the pain of trust's vulnerabilities. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, April 11, 2006

Observation is important, but you can only partake in the journey if you put one foot in front of the other. - Stephen Sandoval April 1, 2006

Yesterday I went down by the old pond to seek you out my friend and all I found was a new shopping mall and glaring lights.  There was no sign of you.  Not even a shadow. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, Because I Tripped and Could Not Remain Upright March 30, 2006

It takes courage and near unlimited energy to believe that  life is how you make it;  I still believe that life is how you make it even though there are so many obstacles to having such an outlandish belief. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC  March 30, 2006

I prefer that my life, the people in it, and all my actions be contemplative of deliberate intention. - Stephen Sandoval

Keep your eyes open at all times.  Be willing to learn something new, to change your code of conduct.  Being a know-it-all will prevent your personal growth on all levels. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, March 26, 2006

Many people will not endorse you in this life; they will absolutely not buy the product of you.  Doesn't really matter.  Just keep on promoting anyway.  Maybe they'll eventually come around. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC March 26, 2006

If you've found a workable vehicle to take you on an interesting journey, rejoice and enjoy the fact that you have a vehicle in the first place.  - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, March 26, 2006

It is my sincere belief that words and ideas will save the world sooner than knives and weapons and surely greed and the desire for excess will be right there where those knives and weapons reside. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, March 25, 2006

Revolutions are first begun with the courage to express your words and ideas. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, March 25, 2006

Life without humor doesn't have a lot of quality in it. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, March 25, 2006

I believe in what Warhol once said about himself that we must be 'superficial in the deepest sense,' however, profundity in the most lighthearted way is not such a bad thing. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, March 25, 2006

Fate is willed by personal interpretation. - Stephen Sandoval (and after further consideration)...Fate is willed by active personal interpretation, passive individual acceptance, and/or selective forgetting. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC, 2006

To truly be content in this life, one must desire the capacity to be content. - Stephen Sandoval

All art is fallible and precious and perfect because of its imperfections. - Stephen Sandoval

Record your experience right now, it is a gift from the eternal. - Stephen Sandoval

The moment is now.  There can be no other and at no moment will you experience this thought again with such clarity and intensity. - Stephen Sandoval

Do it now at the moment of inspiration with steadfastness and compulsiveness or else nobody will be able to realize or appreciate your individually rare and unique contribution. - Stephen Sandoval

It takes an incredible amount of stamina, courage, and earthmoving focus to believe that what you are doing is for the collective good.  Do good anyway. The universe has a memory. - Stephen Sandoval

Perhaps what makes an ordinary person a 'great' person is their ability to live and act conscientiously and industriously in the here and now not being controlled by too much contemplation of past or future. - Stephen Sandoval

There can be no doubt that we all make mistakes, but the key is to recognize these mistakes as soon as possible and alter our behavior so they do not bring us down in the future. - Stephen Sandoval

You cannot easily climb mountains without first abandoning those heavy stones on your back. - Stephen Sandoval

Fate is willed by active personal interpretation and/or passive individual acceptance. - Stephen Sandoval, NYC