The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

And as to experience-well, think how little some good poets have had, or how much some bad ones have.

Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Hoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of less happiness are passing by.

If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.

What childishness is it that while there's breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around?