Occupation: Poet Birth: January 6, 1883 Death: April 10, 1931
You are good when you are fully awake in your speech, Yet you are not evil when you sleep while your tongue staggers without purpose. And even stumbl….
Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that….
Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking. Pity the nation that we….
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the t….
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply..
The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natura….
The soul is an embryo in the body of Man, and the day of death is the Day of awakening, for it is the Great era of labour and the rich Hour of creati….
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one….
The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude. It abhors people, as a wounded deer deserts the herd and lives in a cave until it is healed or dea….
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul..
You, the strong, have I loved, though the marks of your iron hoofs are yet upon my flesh..
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is re….
Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry..
Love is not without its flaws. The stronger the love, the more it tests you. Compassion and empathy will make true love persist..
Life is the mistress to be wooed..
How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away..
You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hou….
Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light..
if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing.
Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you..
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though….