Poetry has ceased to be a public art and has become, as Whitehead said of religion, "What man does with his aloneness.

Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: The creative act.

Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization.

The holiness of the real Is always there, accessible In total immanence. The nodes Of transcendence coagulate In you, the experiencer, And in the other, the lover.

There have always been those who, though they see tragedy as the outcome of freedom, will nevertheless judge that tragedy is not too high a price to pay.

You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.

The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained.

It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence.

Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust.

You learn nothing if you carry with you a journalistic system of values, which is invented to save reporters from experience.

Bohemia is a commune in which the Revolution is over and everyone is a member of the aristocracy

That moment when a knot forms in your throat, but you choose to throw your head back and laugh instead.

When my wife was asked "Do you take this man for richer or poorer . . ." she answered "For richer."

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.

I believe in letting each person find what they need and not getting involved with their destiny.

The short-term international capital market is shrunken and erratic, and cannot be relied upon to cushion the effects of tendencies to disequilibrium in the balance of payments.

Now begin in the middle, and later learn the beginning; the end will take care of itself.

Peace through superior firepower.

The ultimate tendency of liberalism is vegetarianism.

In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.