The real history, the one that counts and is not to be found in books, is precisely this one, the one made by simple men; and it is the only one that rules the world.

Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries.

Too many lives are needed to make just one.

In reality art is always for everyone and for no one.

This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.

I do not go in search of poetry. I wait for poetry to visit me.

Many of today's verses are prose and bad prose.

I have always knocked at the door of that wonderful and terrible enigma which is life.

Holidays - Have no pity.

The poet does not know - often he will never know - whom he really writes for.

But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty.

Our portion is not constantly looking back at our fears and failures

Each person you admire is simply a reminder of your own latent excellence, your own unacknowledged beauty.

Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.

Be more concerned with everybody else than yourself.

There is evidence for the deity of Jesus -- good, strong, historical , cumulative evidence; evidence to which an honest person can subscribe without committing intellectual suicide.

The problems of inventing a new language are staggering. But what else can one do if one needs to express one's feeling precisely?

Tomorrow owes you the sum of your yesterdays. No more than that. And no less.