Eastern Quote by William Jones

I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.

— F. Sionil Jose

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

— Samuel Beckett

There is, in all great poets, a wisdom of humanity which is superior to any talents they exercise.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Poetry is both; enlightenment and wisdom.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you…

— Socrates

Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.

— Elizabeth Janeway

There is an Arabic writer who wrote philosophy and poetry and who brought all religions and all the world together.

— Salma Hayek

Every poet I know - although there may be some I don't know who lead very different lives, who maybe live in the country…

— Sharon Olds

They (the poets) are to us in a manner the fathers and authors of the wisdom.

— Plato

poems are small moments of enlightenment

— Natalie Goldberg

The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society.

— William Wordsworth

I came to poetry at fourteen, in the middle of a booming oil-rush town in southern Arabia without a single public library: Abu Dhabi,…

— Andre Naffis-Sahely