“I find I cannot exist without Poetry”
“I cannot exist without the oxygen of laughter.”
“My duty moves along with my song:I am I am not: that is my destiny.I exist not if I do not attend to the painof those who suffer: they are my pains.For I cannot be without existing for all,for all who are silent and oppressed,I come from the people and I sing for them:my poetry is song and punnishment.”
“I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.”
“Saying spirituality cannot exist without religion is like saying hamburgers cannot exist without McDonald's.”
“Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.”