Occupation: Poet Birth: January 6, 1883 Death: April 10, 1931
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near togethe….
Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness w….
Out of my deeper heart a bird rose and flew skywards. Higher and higher did it rise, yet larger and larger did it grow. At first it was but like a sw….
Seven times have I despised my soul: The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks..
The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor..
Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their co….
If I extend an empty hand and in retrieving it and finding it still empty, I feel disappointment, that is foolishness; yet if I extend a hand which i….
Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain..
Take then this Book, look into it, and show me when Jesus was not forgiving. Read this diving tragedy and tell me where He speaks without mercy and ….
A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly acr….
Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words..
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to..
It is only when you are pursued that you become swift..
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and ….
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires..
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed..
The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg..
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert..
Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. And that that ….
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity..
Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. W….