God, on the other side of my table, composes His book whose smoke envelops me: for the flame of my candle is His pen.

Through the ear, we shall enter the invisibility of things.

How could an argument soothe or settle a controversy when every word is a nest for a bird of doubt? (meaning of words as inferences)

Silence is no weakness of language. It is, on the contrary, its strength. It is the weakness of words not to know this.

We do not truly speak except at a distance. There is no word not severed.

One rose is enough for the dawn

Always in a foreign country, the poet uses poetry as an interpreter.

Ah, the sun will catch me, in my disturbing transparency. What am I but an awareness of the dark, forever?

For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound.

To whom to speak when the other no longer is? The place is empty when emptiness occupies all of the place.

My hands are full when you give me your hand.

The shield of faith is sword to conquer every fear.

Life is a gift and it is what you make it. Yet, it does have many twist and turns, many lows as well as high moments. Keep the fire of hope alive, even in the darkest of time.

The artistic temperament is too often only an alibi for lack of responsibility....

Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.

Yes, one gets over things. But there are certain memories one can't bit on.

Today again I am hardly myself. It happens over and over.

You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others.

THE MAJORITY of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one of the most regrettable facts of them all

I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws.