诗歌也许教会我们培育迷人的幻想:如何一遍又一遍地从自我中重生,并用语言构建一个更美好的世界,一个虚构的世界,使我们能够与生活签订一份永久而全面的和平协议。
樊迟问仁,孔子说:“对人慈爱。”问智,孔子说:“对人了解。”樊迟不理解。孔子说:“以正压邪,能使邪者正。”
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."