I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. . . . They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year's end to the next is what appears on greetings cards, it is well for us to stop and consider our poets. . . .
Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.
Such simplicity cannot be taught. But it can be denied and lost. If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world. Scroll down for sources of quotations and special search engines. Choose from a dozen bookstores in English, French and German.