We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We have fought the beast and have conquered. We have only to conquer now, by suffering. This is the easier victory.

Unreal friendship may turn to real But real friendship, once ended, cannot be mended

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Those who talk of the bible as a monument of English prose are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity.

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.

It is a test (a positive test, I do not assert that it is always valid negatively), that genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Turn things you've always wanted to do, into things you've done