Be sure that whatever you are is you.

- Theodore Roethke

May my silences become more accurate.

- Theodore Roethke

Live in a perpetual great astonishment.

- Theodore Roethke

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

- Theodore Roethke

In a dark time, the mind begins to see.

- Theodore Roethke

How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.

- Theodore Roethke

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

- Theodore Roethke

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

- Theodore Roethke

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

- Theodore Roethke