On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net.

You're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.

The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.

The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas.

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.

It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends

Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees.

What is poetry which does not save nations or people?

A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death.

The revolt against one's environment is usually 'shame' of one's environment.

Poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.

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

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

Irony is the glory of slaves.

Do you know how it is when one wakes at night suddenly and asks, listening to the pounding heart: what more do you want, insatiable?

Yet falling in love is not the same as being able to love.

You see how I try To reach with words What matters most And how I fail.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.

I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.