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

A mind too active is no mind at all.
Theodore Roethke

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.
Theodore Roethke

God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.
Theodore Roethke

I came to love, I came into my own.
Theodore Roethke

I learn by going where I have to go.
Theodore Roethke

Love begets love. This torment is my joy.
Theodore Roethke

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.
Theodore Roethke

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

The soul has many motions, body one.
Theodore Roethke


Time marks us while we are marking time.
Theodore Roethke

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

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