Poetry evokes out of words the resonance of the primordial world.

The ‘egoism’ that is used to hurt others will hurt one’s own self. The ‘egoism’ that is used to give happiness to others becomes cause for his own happiness.

The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track

I said I'd stop for a year, which was inconceivable to me and everyone around me. It seemed like so long. But then, after that year, I looked up and I still hadn't gotten my land legs back at all.

Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.

Imagine what we could accomplish if our dreams were bigger than our fears

The question is not what was different about Bathsheba. The difference was what had become different about David.

The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason why they don't die, but men die when they retire. Women just polish the teacups.

The mountains look on Marathon And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free.