Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist for his own sake.
I knew that poets seemed to be miserable.
One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally we are ignored by everybody else.
But tomorrow, dawn will come the way I picture her, barefoot and disheveled, standing outside my window in one of the fragile cotton dresses of the poor. She will look in at me with her thin arms extended, offering a handful of birdsong and a small cup of light.
A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried.
Poetry is like standing on the edge of a lake on a moonlit night and the light of the moon is always pointing straight at you.
But my heart is always propped up in a field on its tripod, ready for the next arrow.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God.
The Bible stresses that a marriage ideally should be a picture or a reflection of Christ's love for His people.
When you play with the best in the world, it is important that you not lose focus. You must be fully focused. Even a minor error could result in a massive defeat.