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"Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned."

"Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Achievement, Measure, Writers

23

"You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones."

"You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

23

"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."

"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

23

"Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand."

"Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Life, Beauty, Truth, Heart

23

"Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye."

"Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye."

Sa'Di, Persian Poet

Impression, Heart, Eye

23

"We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life."

"We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life."

Edwin Markham, American Poet

Life, Memory, Now

23

"It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him."

"It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Fear, Fate, Man

23

"Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge."

"Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Knowledge, Beginning

23

"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely."

"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

23

"Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went."

"Myself when young did eagerly frequent doctor and saint, and heard great argument about it and about: but evermore came out by the same door as in I went."

Omar Khayyam, Persian Poet

23

"Money gives me pleasure all the time."

"Money gives me pleasure all the time."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

Money, Time, Pleasure

23

"For whoever is lonely there is a tavern."

"For whoever is lonely there is a tavern."

Georg Trakl, Austrian Poet

Socialization, Lonely

22

"People find life entirely too time-consuming."

"People find life entirely too time-consuming."

Stanislaw Lec, Polish Poet

Life, People, Time

22

"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart."

"Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Destiny, Work, Heart, Desire

22

"What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

"What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Self, Independence, Solitude, Greatness, Opinion

22

"All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him."

"All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Art, Work, Idea, Act

22

"On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round."

"On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round."

Robert Browning, English Poet

22

"Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home."

"Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home."

Novalis, German Poet

Home, Philosophy

22

"All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey."

"All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey."

John Dryden, English Poet

22

"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free."

"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Life, Letting Go, Freedom, Happiness, Anger

22

"Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed."

"Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed."

George Chapman, English Poet

21

"Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon."

"Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon."

C. Day Lewis, English Poet

Heart, Light, Summer

21

"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes."

"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Equality, Love, Generations, Poverty

21

"Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth."

"Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth."

Philip James Bailey, English Poet

Truth, Prayer, Spirit

21

"If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul."

"If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

21

"Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are."

"Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are."

John Dryden, English Poet

21

"If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?"

"If I told you about a land of love, friend, would you follow me and come?"

Yunus Emre, Turkish Poet

Friendship, Love, Friend, Land

21

"Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax."

"Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Mindfulness, Calmness, Power, Happiness, Inspirational

21

"If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it."

"If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it."

Marcus Valerius Martial, Spanish Poet

21

"If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision."

"If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision."

Roger McGough, British Poet

Decision-Making, Decision

21

"Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred."

"Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Friendship, Friend, Enemy, Nothing

21

"When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies."

"When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

20

"Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found."

"Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

20

"All that spirits desire, spirits attain."

"All that spirits desire, spirits attain."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Desire, Spirits

20

"Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches."

"Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches."

Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish Poet

20

"And the blood of brave men was shed like unto the shedding of rain from a black cloud."

"And the blood of brave men was shed like unto the shedding of rain from a black cloud."

Ferdowsi, Persian Poet

Man, Men, Blood, Rain

20

"Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language."

"Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language."

Hilaire Belloc, English Poet

History, Life, Effect, Language

20

"Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them."

"Serious poetry deals with the fundamental conflicts that cannot be logically resolved: we can state the conflicts rationally, but reason does not relieve us of them."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Poetry, Deals, Reason, State

20

"You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience."

"You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience."

Stanislaw Lec, Polish Poet

Preparation, First, Patience

19

"He plants trees to benefit another generation."

"He plants trees to benefit another generation."

Caecilius Statius, Roman Poet

Environment, Plants, Trees

19

"Envy is an insult to oneself."

"Envy is an insult to oneself."

Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian Poet

19

"Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness."

"Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness."

Rumi, Persian Poet

Spiritual, Boredom, Hurt, Taste

19

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Education, Ability, Losing, Self

19

"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms."

"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Family, Mother, Knowledge, Atoms, Self

19

"Now when the two armies met, many and fierce were the combats waged between them, and blows were given and received, and swords flashed and showers of arrows descended on all sides."

"Now when the two armies met, many and fierce were the combats waged between them, and blows were given and received, and swords flashed and showers of arrows descended on all sides."

Ferdowsi, Persian Poet

19

"The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to."

"The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Friendship, Friend, Moon, Talk

19

"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."

"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Relationship, Home

19

"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."

"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Leadership, Work, People, Rest, World

19

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."

Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Poet

Blame, Secrets, Trees, Wind

19

"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms."

"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms."

Muriel Rukeyser, American Poet

Writing, Atoms, Universe

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