Richard Eberhart Quotes & Sayings

Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity?
Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all?
Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul
Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity? — Richard Eberhart

You would think the fury of aerial bombardment
would rouse God to relent; the infinite spaces
Are still silent. He looks on shock-pried faces.
History, even, does not know what is meant. — Richard Eberhart

Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive. — Richard Eberhart

Life is stranger than any of us expected,
There is a somber, imponderable fate.
Enigma rules, and the heart has no certainty. — Richard Eberhart

Style is the perfection of a point of view. — Richard Eberhart

It is what man does not know of God Composes the visible poem of the world. — Richard Eberhart

Doesn't suicide seem a little like going where you haven't been invited? — Richard Eberhart

If a poet writes to save his soul, he may save the soul of others. — Richard Eberhart

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world. — Richard Eberhart

I felt the ruthfulness and senselessness of war so acutlely that I wrote the first three stanzas of which, are in effect a prayer. — Richard Eberhart

Mind is a most delicate evidence. Not a soul has seen it yet. — Richard Eberhart

The spectator, the contemplator, the opposer of war have their hours with the enemy no less than uniformed combatants — Richard Eberhart