There is no necessity for pain-why, then, is the worst pain reserved for those who will not accept its necessity?

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.

They would appear,” said Ford doubtfully, “to have turned into a bowl of petunias and a very surprised-looking whale

When they have contemplated the world, human beings have always experienced a transcendence and mystery at the heart of existence.