Humanity Quote by Max Beerbohm

I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.

— Stephen Fry

I think I summed up my attitude to philosophy when I said: philosophy ought really to be written only as a poetic composition.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Poetry is the mysticism of mankind.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Poetry is the most potent form of philosophy.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“When humankind cannot produce a philosopher to speak its mind, it longs for a poet to sing its heart”

— Subhan Zein

The best of humanity is philosophy.

— Kedar Joshi

Poetry, that is to say the poetic, is a primal necessity.

— Marianne Moore

Though philosophers like to define poetry as irrational fancy, for us it is practical, humorous, reasonable way of being ourselves.

— Robert Graves

Poetry is the way into a spiritual vision of society and the universe.

— Camille Paglia

The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining, and delighting us, as nothing else can.

— Matthew Arnold

“Philosophy ought really to be written only as a form of poetry.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Poetry contains philosophy as the soul contains reason.

— Victor Hugo