For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do. – George Linnaeus Banks
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas – uncertainty, progress, change – into crimes. – Salman Rushdie
The pleasure that poetry gives is that of imagining more than is written; the task is divided between the poet and his reader. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)
