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Quotes by Poet
"Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds."
287
"If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it."
117
"People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else."
111
"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone."
101
"Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day."
101
"Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes."
98
"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians."
94
"Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun."
90
"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor."
89
"Meditation is not evasion, it is a serene encounter with reality."
88
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."
84
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis."
82
"Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is."
74
"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,
73
"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."
73
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."
72
"Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom."
72
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
71
"The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself."
70
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need."
68
"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."
67
"Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst."
65
"A heart makes a good home for the friend."
62
"Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass."
Will,
61
"If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember."
60
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