The poet’s job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name.
Every fish returned to the sea today is an investment in tomorrow's catch.
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
The man who is fit to work at any particular trade is unable to understand the science of that trade without the help and guidance of those who are working with him or over him.
Not for the sake of our health, though it's often presented that way, but because it's an escape from the human anthill. It's an escape from our own competition, and our own dramas. And that's why ween joy looking at glaciers and oceans, and contemplating the Earth from outside its perimeters, etc. We like to feel in contact with something that is non-human, and that is so deeply important to us.
You don't have to be perfect, just be authentic.
A story doesn’t have to be loud to be heard.