Far more violence has been done in obeying the law than in breaking the law.

The question that he frames in all but words is what to make of a diminished thing.

You're always believing ahead of your evidence. What was the evidence I could write a poem? I just believed it. The most creative thing in us is to believe in a thing.

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

Nature's first green is gold.

So when at times the mob is swayed To carry praise or blame too far, We may choose something like a star To stay our minds on and be staid.

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.