"My chair was nearest to the fireIn..." - Quote by William Butler Yeats

“I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.”

“If a poet interprets a poem of his own he limits its suggestibility.”

“Everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight.”

“The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of that it sings its monotonous song forever and ever.”

“For what is time? ... Who can even in thought comprehend it, so as to utter a word about it? ... If no one asks me, I know: If I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not.”

“My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance, how a young man can decide to ride over to the next village without being afraid that -not to mention accidents- even the span of a normal happy life may fall far short of the time needed for such a journey.”

“The status quo sucks.”

“In this day of wonders no one will say that a thing or an idea is worthless because it is new. To say it is impossible because it is difficult is again not in consonance with the spirit of the age. Things undreamt of are daily being seen, the impossible is ever becoming possible.”

“What changes your world is not wishing for change; what changes your world is changing!”