Quotes from Witter Bynner

A leader is best When people barely know that he exists.

The biggest problem in the world Could have been solved when it was small.

Name me no names for my disease, With uninforming breath; I tell you I am none of these, But homesick unto death.

I am a miser of my memories of you And will not spend them.

Name me no names for my disease, With uninforming breath; I tell you I am none of these, But homesick unto death —Homesick for hills that I had known, For brooks that I had crossed, ...Before I met this flesh and bone And followed and was lost… .And though they break my heart at last, Yet name no name of ills. Say only, Here is where he passed, Seeking again those hills.

She never moved in pieces like a mosaic She moved whole like a sculpture But it was next to impossible With her limited means even if she had started And besides They were watching

Still must I tamely Talk sense with these others? How long Before I shall be with you again, Magnificently saying nothing!

Lightning - 1881-1968 There is a solitude in seeing you, Followed by your company when you are gone. You are like heaven's veils of lightning. I cannot see till afterward How beautiful you are. There is a blindness in seeing you, Followed by the sight of you when you are gone.