And one rose in a tent of sea and gave A darkening shudder; water fell away; The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.

Far out of sight forever stands the sea, Bounding the land with pale tranquillity.

The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber margin, and precision ends.

The poet's first job of work is to put bread on the table.

The passion to condense from book to book Unbroken wisdom in a single look, Though we know well that when this fix the head, The mind's immortal, but the man is dead.

The rain of matter upon sense Destroys me momently. The score: There comes what will come.

Even though poetry was written for the 'minds ear' as well as the physical ear, the minds ear can be trained only by the other ... which comes back to reading poetry aloud.

Reptilian green the wrinkled throat, Green as a bough of yew the beard; He bent his head, and so I smote

By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained.

It is better to love than expecting love.

In Joy, to lose one’s life is to gain it, and Joy never loses an opportunity to be lost in the other.

Will you not see?” she cried. “You are not as other men are. Why need you bow to a Fate? Can you not change it?

Everyone else we knew growing up is the same: image of their parents, no matter how loud they told themselves they'd be different

His teachings, said his disciple Musaeus, had one simple theme: 'Everything comes into being from the One and is resolved into the One again.

We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you'll have no problem.

The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.

I don't want to look at something that determines me so completely.

Medications almost always do it better if they're used in conjunction with other supports.