True Feeling Justifies Whatever It May Cost.

Don't Forget That Compared To A Grownup Person Every Baby Is A Genius.

Poetry Finds Its Perilous Equilibrium Somewhere Between Music And Speech.

For Me A True Poem Is On The Way When I Begin To Be Haunted, When It Seems As If I Were Being Asked An Inescapable Question By An Angel With Whom I Must Wrestle To Get At The Answer.

Flowers And Plants Are Silent Presences. They Nourish Every Sense Except The Ear.

What Frightens Me About America Today Is That In The Large Majority There Is No Active Sense Of The Value Of The Individual: Few Citizens Feel That They Are The Republic, Responsible For What Happens. And When The Individual In A Democracy Ceases To Feel His Importance, Then There Is Grave Danger That He Will Give Over His Freedom, If Not To A Fascist State, Then To The Advertising Men Or Publicity Agents Or To The Newspaper He Happens To Read.