Excess is the common substitute for energy..

One must be as clear as one's natural reticence allows one to be..

When one is frank, one's very presence is a compliment..

One detects creative power by its capacity to conquer one's detachment..

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war..

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity..

Omissions are not accidents..

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease..

The hands are the heart's messengers..

When you take my time, you take something I had meant to use..

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

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

Life is energy, and energy is creativity. And even when individuals pass on, the energy is retained in the work of art, locked in it and awaiting rel….

Superior people never make long visits..

Conscious writing can be the death of poetry..

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others..

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time..

There is a great amount of poetry in unconscious fastidiousness..

The mind is an enchanting thing..

Revision is its own reward..

The heart that gives, gathers..