"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

"It is a quiet truth that a visionary sees the unseen possibilities in the heart of common struggles — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To conquer fear is to realize that every choice we make paints the canvas of our life."

"There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry."

"The art of living is discovering that shadows are only cast by the presence of light."

"Folk music is a bunch of fat people."

"Among the American contemporaries I read with most enjoyment are several North Carolinians. I think the best poetry being written these days is being written by Southerners."

"A picture is a poem without words."