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

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We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

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

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

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.

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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

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

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

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

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,...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

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...

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.

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 art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

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

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.