The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line.

Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form the structure of the new world. This is creative courage, however minor or fortuitous our creations may be.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

Depression is the inability to construct a future.

Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.