Theodore Roethke Quotes

A mind too active is no mind at all.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

The soul has many motions, body one.

Time marks us while we are marking time.

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.

I came to love, I came into my own.

I learn by going where I have to go.

Love begets love. This torment is my joy.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.