The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.

Can a spear divine the Eternal Will?

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

Because our lives are cowardly and sly, Because we do not dare to take or give, Because we scowl and pass each other by, We do not live; we do not dare to live.

Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.

My three-thousand mile walk through Ireland convinced me of one thing - the possibility of organising a proper movement for the independence of my native land.