Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.
Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.
Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.
There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.
It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.