Christianity in the suburb is cheerful. The church is a centre of social activity and those who go to church need never be lonely.

Nothing is more wistful than the scent of lilac, nor more robust than its woody stalk, for we must remember that it is a tree as well as a flower, we must try not to forget this.

I'm alive today, therefore I'm just as much a part of our time as everybody else. The times will just have to enlarge themselves to make room for me, won't they, and for everybody else.

Who is this that comes in grandeur, coming from the blazing East? This is he we had not thought of, this is he the airy Christ.

Unpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable.

All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.

Life may be treacherous, but you can always depend on death.

The human creature is alone in his carapace. Poetry is a strong way out.

The sea was angry that day my friend, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.

I'll have your heart, if not by gift my knife Shall carve it out. I'll have your heart, your life.

Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy.

Feelings could override facts, as facts could alter feelings. Choose the truth first, rather than following after feelings.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.

I believe in the future a new Dante will write a new Divine Comedy.

We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.

The Christian community has a golden opportunity to train an army of dedicated teachers who can invade the public school classrooms and use them to influence the nation for Christ.

All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

For me, it was the challenge of doing a movie that is in one location. Usually, there are a few scripts obviously always going around with stories that happen in one location.

I just wanted laughs - that's really what I was after.

A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there complete in the mind, if only at the back.