“A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.”

I swear to you, there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.

The real war will never get in the books.

The ecstasy is so short but the forgetting is so long.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

I accept reality and dare not question it.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.

God is a mean-spirited, pugnacious bully bent on revenge against His children for failing to live up to his impossible standards.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

I keep thinking about you every few minutes all day.

Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.

Do anything, but let it produce joy.

When the materials are all prepared and ready, the architects shall appear.

And I will show of male and female that either is but the equal of the other.

The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I’d shake it off.

I know that fewer people are won over by the written word than by the spoken word and that every great movement on this earth owes its growth to great speakers and not to great writers.

Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong.

The earth doesn’t need to go to meet the sky. True love is the one that doesn’t get a destination.

She spills the oceans of words and feelings on the pages of earth, transforming it into the green blooming planet.