The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.

Great changes in the destiny of mankind can be effected only in the minds of little children.

The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.

It is not my purpose as a poet to condemn war (or to be exact, modern warfare). I only wish to present the universal aspects of a particular event.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

Love works miracles in stillness.

The great modern heresy in poetry is to confuse the use we make of words in a poem with modalities of speech...For true poetry is never speech but always a song.