Poetry has become the higher algebra of metaphors.

Poetry has become the higher algebra of metaphors.

The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have.

Since love is the most delicate and total act of a soul, it will reflect the state and nature of the soul.

Today violence is the rhetoric of the period.

One age cannot be completely understood if all the others are not understood. The song of history can only be sung as a whole.

We need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.