“There are people who want to know about everything in the minutest detail, like accountants or lawyers. But show a toe sticking out of a hole in a sock to a poet and it is enough to produce an image of the whole world in him.”

“Education can help us only if it produces "whole men." The truly educated man is not a man who knows a bit of everything, not even the man who knows all the details of all subjects (if such a thing were possible): the "whole man," in fact, may have very little detailed knowledge of facts & theories...but he will be truly in touch with the centre. He will not be in doubt about his basic convictions, about his view on the meaning and purpose of his life. He may not be able to explain these matters in words, but the conduct of his life will show a certain sureness of touch which stems from his inner clarity.”

“Dylan Jerome," the lawyer admits, "wanted to sue God for not caring enough about him.”

“Any society that produces twice as many lawyers as it does poets and preachers is doomed.”

“A scholar is someone who sticks to things.A poet is someone who uses whatever sticks to him.”

“If you ask me, people out of touch with reality aren't nearly as dangerous as lawyers like him who manipulate it.”