If a poet writes to save his soul, he may save the soul of others.

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world.

Style is the perfection of a point of view.

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country.

It is what man does not know of God Composes the visible poem of the world.

Mind is a most delicate evidence. Not a soul has seen it yet.

Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity?

The spectator, the contemplator, the opposer of war have their hours with the enemy no less than uniformed combatants

Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now.

You would think the fury of aerial bombardment would rouse God to relent; the infinite spaces Are still silent. He looks on shock-pried faces. History, even, does not know what is meant.

A Cambridge lady, hearing of the latest Suicide, said to her friend, turning off TV for tea, "Well, my dear, doesn't it seem a little like going where you haven't been invited?"

He didn’t really like travel, of course. He liked the idea of travel, and the memory of travel, but not travel itself.

I was young once and slender and pretty and I made the most of it. It's somebody else's turn now.

I sought the Lord and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears.

The quality of an education system can never exceed the quality of its teachers.

Rules are foolish, arbitrary, mindless things that raise you quickly to a level of acceptable mediocrity, then prevent you from progressing further.

I think a lot of people are married to people that they're not romantic with anymore. I just didn't ever marry anybody that I then had to get divorced from. We break up. We move on.

All of us, more than we recognize, are products of the thinking around us. And much of this thinking is little, not big.

We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.

I rode in a nine-day charity ride recently, averaged 43km a day and still finished in the lead group. I'm 38, not quite finished yet.

We do not need heaven-born saints but just earth-born seekers who believe in peace and want to live in peace.