The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

Poems have their own fates, like children. You have only to give birth to them.

If you want to change the world's spirit, I will suggest that only poetry can do this.

The times spat at me. I spit back at the times.

The urge to kill, like the urge to beget, Is blind and sinister. Its craving is set Today on the flesh of a hare: tomorrow it can Howl the same way for the flesh of a man.

Poetry is the only hopeEven if you do not believe it, you have to do it.

Not all lines, not all images, survive their season.

My brain? That's my second favorite organ.

...I’ve discovered that if you want to reach yourtrue potential, it’s much more effective to ignite a new passion forlife than to dwell on past problems.

The soldier's body becomes a stock of accessories that are not his property.

The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.

Is there any other way to be? I mean, this is it. This is my body, my soul; I gotta live with it. I'd better get comfortable. I plan on taking it for a long ride.

One may outwit another, but not all the others.

You have to get comfortable being uncomfortable... so that when we get our 15 minutes in the cage, we don't panic, we don't break down.

As every lord giveth a certain livery to his servants, charity is the very livery of Christ. Our Saviour, Who is the Lord above all lords, would have His servants known their badge, which is love.

We usually say there is always a ‘Plan B,’ but there is no ‘Planet B’.

There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'