The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one system of thought and action that will (they believe) cover everything; and then they try to impose that on all thinking people.

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

The young do not demand omniscience. They know it is unattainable. They do demand sincerity.

A good teacher is a determined person

The Sonnets of Shakespeare have the fascination of an autobiography, without its clarity. It is like reading an important document in a cave by the light of matches which keep blowing out.

I believe that much of the maladjustment in our societies is caused, not by malevolence and corruption, but simply by ignorance.

Poetry is halfway between prose and music: it is sometimes like an intimate conversation, in words and phrases which need not be fully uttered, and sometimes like dancing and wordless music.