poetry – kevinwarstadt.com

Quote of the day 04/13/26

From Robert Frost: “The best way out is always through.”

From Ovid: “Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.”

From Horace: “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”

From Rabindranath Tagore: “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”

From Philip Whalen: “The present moment is all we ever have.”

From Jack Kerouac: “Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream.”

From Jack Kerouac: “Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”

From Rumi: “Patience is not sitting and waiting; it is seeing the end in the beginning.”

From Matsuo Basho: “It was with awe That I beheld Fresh leaves, green leaves, Bright in the sun”

From Dogen: “To be in harmony with the hardship of the world is enlightenment.”