One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.
Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power.
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
Power gravitates to the man who knows how.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.
Poetry is really a way of sharing feelings and ideas.
Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.
There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from.
Still, language is resilient, and poetry when it is pressured simply goes underground.
Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.
An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive.
No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?
If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry.
