There is no disgrace in peace. There can never be dishonor in peace.

Bodies wear out to remind us they are temporary, and force us to spend more thought on our spirits

I'm only the instrument through which one particular art is expressed. Poetry flows through me but it originates in the wellspring of creation that is the source of us all. When you strike out at someone else's achievement you are attacking your own share of a great gift.

If you would have peace, genuine peace, you must accept all the aspects of your personality and learn to be comfortable with them.

I'm Irish!...When I feel well I feel better than anyone, when I am in pain I yell at the top of my lungs, and when I am dead I shall be deader than anybody.

There is a cruelty that lurks in some men’s souls which is only released when they have other men in their power.

Waiting is worse than knowing. Grief rends the heart cleanly, that it may begin to heal; waiting shreds the spirit.