Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.
You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living.
A man can be free without being great, but no man can be great without being free.
You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path, you are indeed a man of little worth and will remain such till Judgment Day.