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Quotes by Poet
"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science."
56
"Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire."
55
"In general, every country has the language it deserves."
55
"Which one of us has never felt, walking through the twilight or writing down a date from his past, that he has lost something infinite?"
55
"Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever."
55
"Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation."
54
"Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain."
54
"Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience."
54
"Patriotism, that least discerning of pas."
54
"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle."
53
"When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry."
53
"We ascribe beauty to that which is simple which has no superfluous parts which exactly answers its ends."
53
Ennui
Tea-leaves thwart those who court catastrophe,
Designing futures where nothing will occur.
Cross the gypsy’s palm and yawning she
Will still predict no perils left to conquer.
Jeopardy is jejune now: the naïve knight
Finds ogres out-of-date and dragons unheard-of,
While blasé princesses indict
Tilts at terror as downright absurd.
The beast in Jamesian grove will never jump,
Compelling hero’s dull career to crisis;
And when insouciant angels play God’s trump,
While bored arena crowds for once look eager,
Hoping toward havoc, neither pleas nor prices
Shall coax from doom’s blank door lady or tiger.
53
"Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed."
52
"You have your ideology and I have mine."
52
"Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration."
51
"There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most."
51
"Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts."
51
"If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work."
50
"Imagine the greatness this world would know if kindness were as contagious and enduring as the common cold."
50
"If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved."
50
"All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination."
49
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