Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
Walt Whitman
Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no... →
Orson F. Whitney
From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.
John Greenleaf Whittier
It might be liberating to think of human life as informed by losses and disappearances as much as by gifted appearances, allowing a more present... →
David Whyte
Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your... →
It is the province of poetry to be more realistic and present than the artificial narratives of an outer discourse, and not afraid of the truthful... →
A good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain.
I just was mesmerized by all of this life everywhere I looked. And so I wanted to be a marine biologist.
Edith Widder
What I've found - and the older I get, the more I understand this and stand behind it - is, my whole life has been an exploration of telling the... →
Jane Wiedlin
I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember... →
Elie Wiesel