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Quotes by Poet
"Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds."
313
"Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes."
136
"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone."
130
"If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it."
130
"People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else."
124
"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor."
111
"Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day."
110
"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians."
107
"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."
104
"Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun."
104
"Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is."
102
"Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."
98
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis."
96
"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."
96
"Meditation is not evasion, it is a serene encounter with reality."
91
"Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness."
87
"Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom."
87
"Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity."
86
"Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst."
84
"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."
83
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
82
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need."
81
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."
80
"The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself."
78
"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."
77
"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,
77
"I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires."
76
"The Bush administration doesn't particularly like public participation. It makes them look bad."
75
"Sleep is good, death is better; but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all."
75
"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."
74
"The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind."
74
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