Poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what had been before invisible and inaudible.

I think earth, if chosen instead of Heaven, will turn out to have been, all along, only a region in Hell; and earth, if put second to Heaven, to have been from the beginning a part of Heaven itself.

The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible

Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.

We 'have all we want' is a terrible saying when 'all' does not include God. We find God an interruption. As St. Augustine says somewhere, 'God wants to give us something, but cannot, because our hands are full - there's nowhere for Him to put it.'

Atheists express their rage against God although in their view He does not exist.

An obligation to feel can freeze feelings.