Language is the only homeland.

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.

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

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

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...

We have access to practical, ethical and scientifically established methods of birth control. So I think that is the most ethical way to reduce our population.

For in our hope we are saved.

Heaven deliver us, what's a poet? Something that can't go to bed without making a song about it.

The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

As a proportion of the labor force, fewer individuals manipulate things, more handle people and symbols.

It's hard and continuous dedication that brings lasting results.

Giving feels good. It is a form of healing. Not just for you as an individual, but for everyone.

Compromise is an honorable word.

In America, the word art has become like the word adultery. It's this big scarlet letter. When you say you're an artist, people are like, "Ugh."

The book 'Do You!' is about your inner voice. And when you connect to that voice then you - then the freedom comes. And we're only here to be happy. So happy makes money. Money doesn't make happy.