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Quotes by Poet
"Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds."
247
"Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day."
88
"People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else."
81
"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone."
78
"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians."
78
"Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun."
68
"I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood."
Risk,
65
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."
64
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis."
63
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."
61
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need."
57
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
57
"It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes."
55
"Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom."
54
"The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise."
52
"Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst."
49
"The Bush administration doesn't particularly like public participation. It makes them look bad."
46
"A heart makes a good home for the friend."
45
"One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite."
44
"The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind."
44
"Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess."
44
"Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass."
Will,
44
"It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self."
43
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