The rules or 'laws' of poetry are only tentative devices, an approximate scheme. There is no Sinaitic recipe for poetry, for the individual poem is the norm.

Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me, otherwise kill me.

Time was away and somewhere else, There were two glasses and two chairs And two people with one pulse.

A pharaoh's profile, a Krishna's grace, tail like a question mark.

It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow.

Better authentic mammon than a bogus god.

The sunlight on the garden Hardens and grows cold, We cannot cage the minute Within its nets of gold

I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.

World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion A tangerine and spit the pips and feel The drunkenness of things being various.

None of our hearts are pure, we always have mixed motives. Are self deceivers, but the worst of all Deceits is to murmur 'Lord, I am not worthy' And, lying easy, turn your face to the wall.

World is suddener than we fancy it.

One who practices pure religion soon discovers it is more rewarding to lift a man up than to hold him down.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods and ... you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good but by being bold.

A fashionable woman is always in love - with herself.

A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire from Randy Newman, there's nothing better.

I have certain physical features that I favor over others. We all have our areas.

When we read the right book generously, it can change the way think about the world around us.

The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.

More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body. The most valuable of all are the treasures of the heart.

There is no substitute for knowledge.

Only when the masses are reassured, can the country be at peace. Only when the country is at peace, can the leaders be relieved.