To read a poem with no thought in mind but to paraphrase it into a single, simple and usually high-minded prose statement is the destruction of poetry.

There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

The day will happen whether or not you get up.

Let our love be like an arch- two weaknesses leaning together to form one strength.

Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Men marry what they need. I marry you.

Fermentation and civilization are inseparable.

Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar.

The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

Praying is the breath of life.

We have to be in the center of action in order not to end up on the sidelines

Everything important always begins from something trivial.

At least I sure hope it will - and I see good signs all the time, especially in things like the rise of local agriculture.

I'm gonna still play some dates, but I'm not gonna do anything near like I did it before.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

We've come to the point where we're no longer able to protect our national values. Where will it all end?

The biggest problem is our lack of "response-ability." That’s what happens when money rather than love is the bottom line. People act like idiots.

Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.