Poems List

Man may be considered as a superior species of animal who produces philosophies and poems in about the same way a silkworm produces their cocoons and bees their hives.

Great master Lao Tzu says that ‘The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.’ Giving is indeed a very good source of happiness! One of the best treasures a man can give to someone is a good and sound idea; because birds can ascend into the sky only with wings, and men, only with good and sound ideas!

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.

Does a poet create, originate, initiate the thing called a poem, or is his behavior merely the product of his genetic and environmental histories?

Insecurity isn't an attractive quality in a man.

In youth, the greatest success is to see the world from the eyes of the aged people and to feel exactly how they feel.

If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.

Peaceful and kind one monk is more valuable than violent and rude ten thousand men!

The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.

to be, or not to be?

The half is greater than the whole.

Village is an idea; universe is an idea! If you cannot create an idea bigger than your village you live in, you remain inside your village; if we cannot create an idea greater than this universe, we remain inside this universe

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not a poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.

Easter confronts us with a historical event set in time. We are faced with a story of an empty tomb, of a small group of men and women who were at one stage hiding for their lives and at the next were brave enough to face the full judicial persecution of the Roman Empire and proclaim their belief in a risen Christ.

Roald Amundsen says that ‘Adventure is just bad planning.’ In that case, friends, let us make more bad planning!

Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content.

I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

Even just seconds ahead is unknown; even just seconds after is open to infinite possibilities.

We have more poets thatnjudges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem that to understand a good one.

If you are a student, try to be a teacher; if you are a teacher, try to be a student!

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough. But it's the dough that makes the bread