I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realised, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
The most highly sexed beings upon the planet are the creators, the poets, sculptors, painters, musicians ..... and so it has been from the beginning. And among them sex is a beautiful and exalted gift. Sex is always beautiful, and it is always shy.
People speak of plague with fear and tremor, yet of destroyers like Alexander and Napoleon they speak with ecstatic reverance.
The heartbreak of love sings, the sadness of knowledge speaks, the melancholy of desire whispers, and the anguish of poverty weeps. But there is a sorrow deeper than love, loftier than knowledge, stronger than desire, and more bitter than poverty. It is mute and has no voice; it's eyes glitter like stars.
You progress not through improving what has been done, but by reaching toward what has yet to be done.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
Keep me from the wisdom that does not weep, and the philosophy that does not laugh, and the pride that does not bow it's head before a child.
Art is a step in the known toward the unknown.
When the earth exhales it gives birth to us. When it inhales death is our lot.
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
To be closer to God, be closer to people.
If reward is the goal of religion, if patriotism serves self interest, and if education is pursued for advancement, then I would prefer to be a non-believer, a non-patriot, and a humbly ignorant man.
An epoch will come when people will disclaim kinship with us, as we disclaim kinship with the monkeys.
Truth is the daughter of Inspiration; analysis and debate keep the people away from Truth.
The fear of hell is hell itself, and the longing for paradise is paradise itself.
Does the song of the sea end at the shore or in the hearts of those who listen to it ?
Most of us hover dubiously between mute rebellion and prattling submission.
The spiritual man is he who has experienced all earthly things and is in revolt against them.
Oh, heart, if the ignorant say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower perishes, but the seeds remain. this is the law of God.
If you wish to see the valleys, climb to the mountain top; if you desire to see the
mountain top, rise into the cloud; but if you seek to understand the cloud, close your eyes and think.
Listen to the woman when she looks at you, not when she talks to you.
The poet is he who makes you feel, after reading his poem, that his best verses have not yet been composed.
Poetry is the understanding of the whole, how can you communicate it to him who understands but the part ?
The butterfly will continue to hover over the field and the dewdrops will still glitter upon the grass when the pyramids of Egypt are levelled and the skyscrapers of New york are no more.
Truth is the will and purpose of God in man
The means of reviving a language lie in the heart of the poet and upon his lips and between his fingers. The poet is the mediator between the creative power and the people. He is the wire that transmits the news of the world of spirit to the world of research. The poet is the father and mother of the language, which goes wherever he goes. When he dies, it remains prostrate over his grave, weeping and forlorn, until another poet comes to uplift it.
