Occupation: Poet Birth: January 6, 1883 Death: April 10, 1931
I am a poet who composes what life proses, and who proses what life composes..
I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon a dewdrop..
Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow..
He who passes not his days in the realm of dreams is the slave of the days..
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there ar….
Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician, and ….
For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold ….
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... When you are joyous look deep into your heart and you will find that i….
And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree..
What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?.
And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children..
Let your home be you mast and not your anchor..
You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind..
Poetry is not the opinion stated. It is a song that appears instead of a bloody wound or a smiling mouth..
They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despoti….
When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life..
No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hand….
Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it is man's purpose….
He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life..
Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arriv….
If we were to all sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality..