. . . the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.
I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn't fully insured. And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.
Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It's my way of talking to the world.
When I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on
To love others you must love yourself. . . You can only give to others what you have yourself.
Cablegate is 3,000 volumes of material. It is the greatest intellectual treasure to have entered into the public record in modern times.
We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed then it would be a disaster.
I manifested in a dreamlike way to dreamlike beings and gave a dreamlike Dharma, but in reality I never taught and never actually came.