It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends

The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.

A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.

Language is the only homeland.

Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.

I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.

LearningTo believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life.

In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence, one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot.

The purpose of poetry is to remind ushow difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

You see how I tryTo reach with wordsWhat matters mostAnd how I fail.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person...

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

Each day, I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better.

He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.

No Republican presidential candidate is a viable option for pro-choice voters of any political philosophy - Democrat, Republican or otherwise.

In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.

In football the object is to march into enemy territory and cross his goal. In baseball the object is to go home.

Play the hand you're dealt.

Count your blessings not your flaws

Attention: a sacred energy coming into me. Be sensitive to it. Recognize again and again that it is there

I am a man of constant sorrow. I've seen trouble all my days.