The majority of poems one outgrows and outlives, as one outgrows and outlives the majority of human passions.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

The journey, Not the destination matters.

It is in the shade that you look up at a tree and appreciate its efforts.

So much done and so much learned, but so much more to do and see, and learn.

God gave me eyes so that I might see you, and God gave you eyes, so that I might see myself.

We must renew the economy from the bottom up, not top down.

Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

My children have often asked me why I never received a Nobel Prize. I used to tell them it was because the Nobel committee couldn’t make up its mind which of my projects to recognize.

I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world.

A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

If this be treason, make the most of it!

You cannot improve your future if you are not willing to try something new and risk making mistakes and learning from them