We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to us and are good in themselves, although we may corrupt them. We are commanded to love our neighbor…

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Love Quotes

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing...

Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly...

What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly...

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs...

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs...

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter...

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter...