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"Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once."

"Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once."

Robert Browning, English Poet

Music, Solitude

15

"Again and again, however we know the landscape of loveand the little churchyard there, with its sorrowing names,and the frighteningly silent abyss into which the othersfall: again and again the two of us walk out togetherunder the ancient trees, lie down again and againamong the flowers, face to face with the sky."

"Again and again, however we know the landscape of loveand the little churchyard there, with its sorrowing names,and the frighteningly silent abyss into which the othersfall: again and again the two of us walk out togetherunder the ancient trees, lie down again and againamong the flowers, face to face with the sky."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Love, Grief, Loss, Memory

15

"Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly."

"Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Creativity, Genius, Folly, Sense, Taste

15

"As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills."

"As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills."

William Drummond, British Poet

15

"The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself."

"The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Truth, Buddhism, Clarity, Mindfulness

15

"Age steals away all things, even the mind."

"Age steals away all things, even the mind."

Virgil, Roman Poet

15

"The bold are helpless without cleverness."

"The bold are helpless without cleverness."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Wisdom, Cleverness

15

"The Soul selects her own Society."

"The Soul selects her own Society."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Soul, Choice, Society, Individual

15

"The sea complains upon a thousand shores."

"The sea complains upon a thousand shores."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

15

"A fool and his words are soon parted."

"A fool and his words are soon parted."

William Shenstone, English Poet

15

"Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes."

"Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Aspiration, Hope, Desire, Life, Humanity

15

"At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary."

"At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Chance, Honor, Killing

15

"Not too little, not too much: there safety lies."

"Not too little, not too much: there safety lies."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Philosophy, Balance, Life, Truth

15

"Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind."

"Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind."

Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani Poet

15

"Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking."

"Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Life, Man, Road

15

"Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think."

"Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Philosophy, Amusement, Thought, Happiness, Mind

15

"To be thoroughly conversant with Man's heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of Despair."

"To be thoroughly conversant with Man's heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of Despair."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

Philosophy, Despair, Truth, Humanity, Understanding

15

"It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves."

"It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Time, Space, World

15

"Cricket to us was more than play, it was a worship in the summer sun."

"Cricket to us was more than play, it was a worship in the summer sun."

Edmund Blunden, English Poet

Cricket, Play, Summer, Sun

15

"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?"

"O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?"

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Hope, Spring, Wind, Winter

15

"This is the very womb and bed of enormity."

"This is the very womb and bed of enormity."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

15

"When I give I give myself."

"When I give I give myself."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Giving, Love, Service, Compassion

15

"Leave the comfort of your dark cocoon... Allow your imagination to take flight. Embrace those marvelous magical wings and soar!"

"Leave the comfort of your dark cocoon... Allow your imagination to take flight. Embrace those marvelous magical wings and soar!"

Melody Lee, American Poet

Adventure, Imagination, Freedom, Creativity, Flight

15

"Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow The rest is all but leather and prunello."

"Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow The rest is all but leather and prunello."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Dignity, Worth, Character, Morality, Humanity

15

"Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms."

"Part of the lesbian consciousness is an absolute recognition of the erotic within our lives and, taking that a step further, dealing with the erotic not only in sexual terms."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Consciousness, Lesbian

15

"But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition."

"But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition."

Lascelles Abercrombie, British Poet

Society, Development, Repetition, Will

15

"It's when you feel low about yourself, others actions and opinions will affect you. When you look at yourself as a confident person, it's then; you'll find the most peace and understanding, that it's your world you have to live with not theirs."

"It's when you feel low about yourself, others actions and opinions will affect you. When you look at yourself as a confident person, it's then; you'll find the most peace and understanding, that it's your world you have to live with not theirs."

Ron Baratono, American Poet

Confidence, Self-Image, Peace, Resilience

15

"We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their weapon arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own minds- our own prejudices, fears and ignorance. Even if we transport all the bombs to the moon, the roots of war and the roots of bombs are still there, in our hearts and minds, and sooner or later we will make new bombs. To work for peace is to uproot war from ourselves and from the hearts of men and women. To prepare for war, to give millions of men and women the opportunity to practice killing day and night in their hearts, is to plant millions of seeds of violence, anger, frustration, and fear that will be passed on for generations to come."

"We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their weapon arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own minds- our own prejudices, fears and ignorance. Even if we transport all the bombs to the moon, the roots of war and the roots of bombs are still there, in our hearts and minds, and sooner or later we will make new bombs. To work for peace is to uproot war from ourselves and from the hearts of men and women. To prepare for war, to give millions of men and women the opportunity to practice killing day and night in their hearts, is to plant millions of seeds of violence, anger, frustration, and fear that will be passed on for generations to come."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Peace, War, Mind, Prejudice

15

"The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom."

"The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

God, Knowledge, Grief, Poet

15

"You will never know anyone more intimately than yourself. Love yourself and be good to yourself."

"You will never know anyone more intimately than yourself. Love yourself and be good to yourself."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Self-Love, Love, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational

15

"Who is the ideal reader? God only knows."

"Who is the ideal reader? God only knows."

John Barton, Canadian Poet

15

"We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end."

"We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end."

Nikki Giovanni, American Poet

Customer, Artists, End, Famine

15

"It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic."

"It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic."

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

15

"You are only responsible for the effort, not the outcome."

"You are only responsible for the effort, not the outcome."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Effort, Truth, Inspirational, Wisdom, Power

15

"I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration."

"I can imagine no society which does not embody some method of arbitration."

Herbert Read, English Poet

15

"Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment."

"Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Science, Theories

15

"Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending."

"Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending."

Robert Service, Scottish Poet

Moderation, Ending, Will

15

"It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next.It made me tired just to think of it."

"It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next.It made me tired just to think of it."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Routine, Life, Exhaustion, Repetition

15

"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."

"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Education, Habit, Deep, Needs, Reading

15

"I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely."

"I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Life, Consideration, Paris

15

"Art too is just a way of living."

"Art too is just a way of living."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Lifestyle, Art, Living, Life, Practice

15

"In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure."

"In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Politics, Fear, Failure

15

"It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored climate that seem to me the happiest but those in which a long stroke of adaptation between man and his environment has brought out the best qualities of both."

"It is not necessarily those lands which are the most fertile or most favored climate that seem to me the happiest but those in which a long stroke of adaptation between man and his environment has brought out the best qualities of both."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Sustainability, Adaptation, Environment, Happiness, Culture

15

"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office."

"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office."

Robert Frost, American Poet

15

"Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant."

"Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant."

Caecilius Statius, Roman Poet

15

"A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to anyone who is prepared to receive them. There is no such thing as bad art."

"A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to anyone who is prepared to receive them. There is no such thing as bad art."

Muriel Rukeyser, American Poet

Art, Work, Artist, Consciousness

15

"This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow, The diet gives support in my decline."

"This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow, The diet gives support in my decline."

Du Fu, Chinese Poet

Nature, Diet, Help, Support

15

"The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being."

"The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being."

Charles Olson, American Poet

Being, First, Sound

15

"Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess."

"Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess."

Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spanish Poet

Nostalgia, Infinite

15

"Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few."

"Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few."

Margaret E. Sangster, American Poet

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