“...and one of those neat spiral stairways in the far corner-I wonder where it leads. Spiral staircases always seem to me like they must lead somewhere special.”

“Patriotism is nationalism, and always leads to war.”

“It seems an odd idea to my students that poetry, like all art, leads us away from itself, back to the world in which we live. It furnishes the vision. It shows with intense clarity what is already there.”

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement ”

“People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.”

“People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.”

“Whither will my path yet lead me? This path is stupid, it goes in spirals, perhaps in circles, but whichever way it goes, I will follow it.”