Truly to sing, that is a different breath.

a good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude

Verses are not, as people think, feelings (those one has early enough) -- they are experiences. For the sake of a verse one must see many cities, men, and things, one must know the animals feel how birds fly, and know the gesture with which the little flowers open in the morning.

No one can advise and help you, no one. There is only one way: go within.

Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and great each other.

That is the principal thing-not to remain with the dream, with the intention, with the being-in-the-mood, but always forcibly to convert it all into things.

You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born.