"Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future." ― Ruth Benedict Topic(s): Poetry Tags: faith, present More From Ruth Benedict "I haven’t strength of mind not to need a career." "I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world." "We grow in time to trust the future for our answers." More In Poetry "Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry."― Robert Morgan "Poetry and prayer are very similar."― Carol Ann Duffy "They need to learn poetry. They don’t need to learn about poetry. They don’t need to be told how to interpret poetry. They don’t need to be told how to understand poetry. They need to learn it."― Peter Davison