Good poetry .. makes the universe .. reveal its .. 'secret'

Quote by Hafiz Of Persia

Topics: Poetry Quotes, Universe Quotes

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing...

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing...

A truce to your volumes, your studies, give o'er: for books cannot teach you love's...

A truce to your volumes, your studies, give o'er: for books cannot teach you love's...

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word.... Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to...

He who will have no judge but himself condemns himself

He who will have no judge but himself condemns himself

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all...

Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all...

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Move him into the sun Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of...

Move him into the sun Gently its touch awoke him once, At home, whispering of...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Was it for this the clay grew tall?

Was it for this the clay grew tall?

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the human heart can hold.

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the human heart can hold.

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive...

All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive...