Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.
Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.
Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
Everything is generated through your own will power.
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
Nothing external to you has any power over you.
Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.
Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.
Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.
A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.
I don't like poetry that just slaps violent words on a canvas, as it were.
Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction.
I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does.
Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.
The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.
If a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.
