For the beginning is assuredly the end- since we know nothing, pure and simple, beyond our own complexities.

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

The beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.

There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.

Somewhere the sense makes copper roses steel roses — The rose carried weight of love but love is at an end — of roses It is at the edge of the petal that love waits.

Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.

Because I am committed to the truth of Scripture, I must try to understand what Scripture says, even if it transcends my own experience.

Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.

Some friends leave footprints in your heart

I'm part of a community that holds each other up, and it's been great to be held up too.

The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.

The habit of analysis has a tendency to wear away the feelings.

What my home life is like now is great.

Teacher preparation should go beyond the technical preparation of teachers and be rooted in the ethical formation both of selves and of history.