Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

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Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

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...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

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...

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks...

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.