Poetry Is As Vital To Thinking As

Say "yes" To The Seedlings And A Giant Forest Cleaves The Sky. Say "yes" To The Universe And The Planets Become Your Neighbors. Say "yes" To Dreams Of Love And Freedom. It Is The Password To Utopia.

The Cheese And Wine Party Has The Form Of Friendship Without The Warmth And Devotion. It Is A Device Either For Getting Rid Of Social Obligations Hurriedly En Mass, Or For Making Overtures Towards More Serious Social Relationships, As In The Etiquette Of Whoring.

Walking Companions, Like Heroes, Are Difficult To Pluck Out Of The Crowd Of Acquaintances. Good Dispositions, Ready Wit, Friendly Conversation Serve Well Enough By The Fireside But They Prove Insufficient In The Field. For There You Need Transcendentalists-nothing Less; You Need Poets, Sages, Humorists And Natural Philosophers.

It Takes Most Men Five Years To Recover From A College Education, And To Learn That Poetry Is As Vital To Thinking As Knowledge.

The Evil That Men Do Lives On The Front Pages Of Greedy Newspapers, But The Good Is Oft Interred Apathetically Inside.