Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves.

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other's good faith, but also in their capacity to arrive at the truth.

We must love one another or die

Nobody is ever sent to Hell: he or she insists on going there.

To choose what is difficult all one's days, as if it were easy, that is faith