Poetry Quote by Tom Schulman — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity: the difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. Now, those of you -- I see the look in your eyes like, "I would've walked differently." Well, ask yourselves why you were clapping. Now, we all have a great need for acceptance. But you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular, even though the herd may go, "That's baaaaad." Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

“Believe it or not each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die”

“Does writing poetry make you brave? It is a good question to ask. I think making anything is a brave thing to do. Not like fighting brave, obviously. But a kind that looks at a horrible situation and doesn’t crumble.”

“A sky”

“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you”

“What a strange thing!”

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen,”

“I’m not aspiring to be someone else – If I’m me for the rest of my life then so be it”