A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It is never a thought to begin with.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

The best way out is always through.

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Live life like its the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living, the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out.

If you can't handle me with a messy bun, then you don't deserve me with a fabulous blowout.

We quenched the bulging flame, amongst the ashes embers of fire remain

The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to live with purpose.

Population pressure is the ultimate cause of every war.

Anytime odds get stacked up against me, I feel like it's in me to beat it

I crave the indulgence of my senses but this is countered by an interior desire that is even keener than my senses to know the meaning of things

A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.

Maybe I won't look so bad when you're not standing next to me.

To Him I owe my life and breath, And all the joys I have; He makes me triumph over death, And saves me from the grave.

The human imagination, which is our great glory, has grown so powerful that we can barely unleash it on the surface of the planet.