The poet, like the lover, is a person unable to reconcile what he knows with what he feels. His peculiarity is that he is under a certain compulsion to do so.

Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success.

Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age.

How to sustain the miracle Of being, that like a muted bell, Or like some ocean-breathing shell, Quivers, intense and still?

Music proposes. Sound disposes.

History Coming too close Is monstrous, like a doll That is alive and bigger than the child Who tries to hold it.

There is no end to grief. Nor no end to poetry.

Who, except the poets, reads poetry?

If God could transcribe my heart, it'd still read "I love you".

What's needed on Earth is love of the dark side of ourselves

The idea that when the health of one member suffers, the health of the whole body is lowered is a teaching of St Paul which is timeless.

All I have to teach you are feelings, the words don't matter much. But as you listen, feel the stillness of my mind, not my mind but of mind...infinite mind.

You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.

Words physically have power to bring things into existence.

The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings which normally we keep locked up in the heart.

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

A fool is wiser in his own house than a sage is in another man's house.

I love the musicality of words.