Whom the gods do not intend to destroy, they first make mad with poetry. Irving Layton More Quotes by Irving Layton More Quotes From Irving Layton When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you. Irving Layton argumentcleverarguing Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope. Irving Layton misanthropemadnessself Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free. Irving Layton mankindwant We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love Irving Layton depositssoullove God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image. Irving Layton humorousgodfunny A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian? Irving Layton asking how seasonably Irving Layton afarblowworld A poet is deeply conflicted and it's in his work that he reconciles those deep conflicts. The place is the harbor. It doesn't set the world in order, you know, it's the place of reconciliation. It's the Consolamentum, the kiss of peace. Irving Layton kissingorderworld By walking, I found out where I was going. Irving Layton foundwalking A political leader worthy of assassination Irving Layton worthypoliticalleader Time flames like a paraffin stove / and what burns are the minutes I live. Irving Layton stovesminutesflames I have stopped being a misanthrope. Irving Layton misanthrope Death is a name for beauty not in use. Irving Layton usenames I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats Irving Layton wordsworthwrittengenius Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell Irving Layton usaunited-stateslooks An aphorism Irving Layton aphorismshouldlittles To this pass Christianity has come There is no God, and Jesus is his son. Irving Layton christianitysonjesus It amazes me that organs that piss Can give human beings such perfect bliss. Irving Layton blissperfectgiving And me happiest when I compose poems: Irving Layton poetryreflectionwater Idealist: a cynic in the making. Irving Layton cynicidealsidealist
