Sometimes I have my doubts of words altogether, and I ask myself what is the place of them. They are worse than nothing unless they do something; unless they amount to deeds, as in ultimatums or battle-cries. They must be flat and final like the show-down in poker, from which there is no appeal. My definition of poetry (if I were forced to give one) would be this: words that become deeds.

Poetry is the first thing lost in translation.

[Style is] that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.

My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the so…

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.

The Philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point however is to change it (Engraved upon his tomb)

It is clear from Gurdjieff's writings that hypnotism, mesmerism and various arcane methods of expanding consciousness must have played a large part in the stud…