A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.

I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.

If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.

History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme

Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.

All I know is a door into the dark

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.

There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up.

PoetTo mask the fiery thought, in simple words succeeds.For still the craft of genius is, To mask a king in weeds

In an increasingly polarized world, it's hard to know whom to trust. CNN will be the only news channel that doesn't take a side.

Going from crying to laughing that fast and hard happens maybe five times in your life and that extreme right turn is the reason why we are alive, and I believe it extends our life by many years.

A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest.

Discipline yourself to find something positive in every situation every day. You attract positivity when you are positive within.

Don't let your mind stop you from having a good time.

If all men were rich, all men would be poor.

Every sunrise hold more promise, and every sunset hold more peace.

Jesus was always challenging the dogma of religion. So, you know, it's not like I'm out there by myself.