Quote by Huston Smith
Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet. – Huston Smith

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Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them. – Huston Smith

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Knowledge
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Rationalism and Newtonian science has lured us into dark woods, but a new metaphysics can rescue us. – Huston Smith

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Science
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Ive spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the worlds religions, and Ive done my homework. Ive gone to each of the worlds eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and Ive apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith. – Huston Smith

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You dont help people in your poems. Ive been trying to help people all my life – thats my trouble. – Charles Olson

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Poetry

I have epiphanies all the time, because Im always thinking. Im a thinker. Im always writing poetry, Im always coming to conclusions. – Chrisette Michele

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Poetry

You dont go after poetry, you take what comes. Maybe the gods do it through me but I certainly do a hell of a lot of the work. – Phyllis Gotlieb

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Poetry

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. – Rita Dove

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Poetry

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Man maketh a death which Nature never made. – Edward Young

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The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.

NOTE: Other translations exist, such as:Great trees grow from the smallest shoots;a terraced garden, from a pile of earth,and a journey of a thousand milesbegins by taking the initial step. – Lao-Tzu

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