Aphorisms

In order to be described as either empty or full, a container must, of necessity, have limitations.

Do not give too much allegiance to your opinions. They may be in some ways wrong and in other ways be unhelpful.

I want to outlive the need for accomplishment and luxuriate in the rich fact of being.

The shadow belongs to the light.

The essence of a water pitcher is in the juxtaposition of what is and isn’t there.

The work of poetry is to disentangle truth from logic.

: This is what I am going to ruin. This is what I am going to improve.* *The voters may not be in agreement about which things are ruined and which are improved. This is what makes politics so difficult, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. .