All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end.

In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.

The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

The soul exceeds its circumstances.

Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.

Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.

Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date.

The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes.

When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished.

I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy

When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.

How could a man know the truth of his own soul?

You will do well not to write for money, not because you won't get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.

Comfort becomes a goal when distinctions of rank are abolished and privileges destroyed.

A man separated from his reflective belt is no man at all.

It is difficult for me to imagine what "personal liberty" the unemployed can have who go hungry and cannot find utilization of their labor.

Conscious effort inhibits and ‘jams’ the automatic creative mechanism.

Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing.

I was pretty Irish Catholic Jersey, the middle of the line.

I would loved to have played with Scholes. He plays the game the way it should be played and at his peak he was the best midfield player in the world.