Poets From The United States

"Love is almost never simple."

"Without space, there is no time."

"The world is a fairy tale; we are its guardians."

"Description is a story well told already; experience offers truth."

"Omnipotence and omniscience are the end of power and knowledge."

"What you spend, you save."

"There can be no forced inspiration."

"Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late."

"Great poets are great copy editors."

"If an ancient man saw planes two thousand years ago, he would've thought they were birds or angels from another world."

"Forget decorated generals, tell me about Private Ryan."

"Possible is more a matter of attitude, a matter of decision, to choose among the impossible possibilities, when one sound opportunity becomes a possible solution."

"Digressions are part of harmony, deviations too."

"I recreate myself; that is my only power."

"Earth is the source of light."

"I enjoy it when the world smiles; the more smiles, the warmer I am."

"When he is most powerful, nothing does he become."

"Through a forest of challenges, thought moves and squirms, resisting beguilements; if it endures, it emerges pure."

"To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides."

"Every star was once darker than the night, before it awoke."

"Without nothing, everything would be nothing."

"From everything, nothing looks to nothing."

"From nothing comes everything."

"Nothing is part of everything."

"We will go far away, To nowhere, To conquer, To fertilize, Until we become tired; Then we will stop And there will be our home."

"Every scent is the sun’s scent."

"When everything hurries everywhere, nothing goes anywhere."

"If emptiness is endless, then everything rests in emptiness."

"For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else’s face."

"Beyond all vanities, fights, and desires, omnipotent silence lies."

"There are many secrets; don’t try to resolve them all."

"From whichever side I start, I think I am in an old place where others have been before me."

"If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses. They blossomed; they did not talk about blossoming. They grew; they did not talk about growing."

"To sense the peace of extinguished passion, happiness in not knowing the ultimate knowledge."

"If you are good, they say you are weak."

"Pose your questions to people and you will get countless useless answers."

"The most complicated skill is to be simple."

"With open eyes, you watch; with closed eyes, you see."

"When there is noise and crowds, there is trouble; when everything is silent and perfect, there is just perfection and nothing to fill the air."

"Those who hate rain hate life."

"Don’t pay attention to those who offer too much."

"He confided his deepest secret to you; be always wary of his secret."

"Two forces create eternity – a fairy tale and a dream from the fairy tale."

"If emptiness is empty, how can something be borne or awaken from it?"

"One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others."

"The light teaches you to convert life into a festive promenade."

"What we call life is only talk of nature."

"Your head is a lit chamber."

"Nothing is inanimate; what is the rest is our interpretation."

"The universe is God’s son."