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"Rest your mind for a moment in the peace of knowing you were created and you do exist."

"Rest your mind for a moment in the peace of knowing you were created and you do exist."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Peace, Truth, Wisdom, Life

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"If you have a poverty of heart then you are the poorest among the poor."

"If you have a poverty of heart then you are the poorest among the poor."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Poverty, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

15

"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire."

"Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire."

Edward Young, English Poet

Death, Fire, Nothing, Waste

15

"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish."

"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Chance, Fish, Will

15

"I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth."

"I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

15

"Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both."

"Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Life, Money, Women

15

"In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing."

"In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

15

"Noble souls through dust and heat rise from disaster and defeat the stronger."

"Noble souls through dust and heat rise from disaster and defeat the stronger."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Courage, Soul, Strength, Disaster, Defeat

15

"Youth, however, can afford to enjoy even its melancholy; for the ultimate fact of which that melancholy is a prophecy is a long way off."

"Youth, however, can afford to enjoy even its melancholy; for the ultimate fact of which that melancholy is a prophecy is a long way off."

Richard Le Gallienne, English Poet

Fact, Melancholy, Prophecy, Youth

15

"The simple, humble, almighty, supreme virtue of love is the invincible fire of transformation for healing the world."

"The simple, humble, almighty, supreme virtue of love is the invincible fire of transformation for healing the world."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Love, Transformation, Truth, Happiness

15

"Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon."

"Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Learning, People, Reason, Will

15

"There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence."

"There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence."

Donald Justice, American Poet

Burden, Harm, Land, Silence

15

"Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery."

"Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Education, History, Freedom, Slavery

15

"This bed yawnsbeneath the weightof our absent selves."

"This bed yawnsbeneath the weightof our absent selves."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Loss, Absence, Emptiness, Love

15

"I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?"

"I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?"

George Byron, Scottish Poet

15

"A person who looks at the table and can see the universe is a person who can see the way."

"A person who looks at the table and can see the universe is a person who can see the way."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Awareness, Universe, Perception, Wisdom, Understanding

15

"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I loveIf you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.You will hardly know who I am or what I meanBut I shall be good health to you nonethelessAnd filter and fibre your blood."

"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I loveIf you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.You will hardly know who I am or what I meanBut I shall be good health to you nonethelessAnd filter and fibre your blood."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Life, Nature, Death, Legacy

15

"Only tears can hear the sound of pain when warm blood reddens discolored stain."

"Only tears can hear the sound of pain when warm blood reddens discolored stain."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Grief, Pain, Tears, Blood, Emotion

15

"They can award me with the greatest accolades and reward me with the finest diamonds. They can name days and streets after me, canonise and celebrate me. They can make me the queen of their kingdom, the president of their nation. They can carry my picture in their wallets and whisper my name in their prayers but, tell me, what is all this worth if your voice isn't the one calling me home?"

"They can award me with the greatest accolades and reward me with the finest diamonds. They can name days and streets after me, canonise and celebrate me. They can make me the queen of their kingdom, the president of their nation. They can carry my picture in their wallets and whisper my name in their prayers but, tell me, what is all this worth if your voice isn't the one calling me home?"

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

Identity, Voice, Home, Values, Recognition

15

"He who can believe himself well, will be well."

"He who can believe himself well, will be well."

Ovid, Roman Poet

15

"Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure."

"Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure."

Rita Dove, American Poet

Writing, End, Play, Pleasure, Rap

15

"Stronger by weakness, wiser men become."

"Stronger by weakness, wiser men become."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

Man, Men, Weakness

15

"If you would create something,you must be something."

"If you would create something,you must be something."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Creativity, Self, Identity, Action

15

"Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's worthy. And then see what happens. That's my advice."

"Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. You'll have that readership. Keep going until you know you're doing work that's worthy. And then see what happens. That's my advice."

Philip Levine, American Poet

Poetry, Work, People, Advice

15

"Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men."

"Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

15

"There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened."

"There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Time, Awareness, Existence, Moments

15

"Love is the answer."

"Love is the answer."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Love, Truth, Emotion, Life

15

"What good is it to live a life that brings pains?"

"What good is it to live a life that brings pains?"

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

14

"There is nothing useless to men of sense."

"There is nothing useless to men of sense."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Man, Men, Nothing, Sense

14

"Noble fathers have noble children."

"Noble fathers have noble children."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Heritage, Nobility, Family, Legacy, Honor

14

"Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose."

"Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose."

Walter Savage Landor, English Poet

Poetry, Prose, Weight

14

"Life's greatest lessons were not shown to me, read to me, illustrated or explained to me; they happened to me."

"Life's greatest lessons were not shown to me, read to me, illustrated or explained to me; they happened to me."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Lesson, Inspirational, Truth, Life, Wisdom

14

"Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. Life itself is possible. If a grain of corn is not impermanent, it can never be transformed into a stalk of corn. If the stalk were not impermanent, it could never provide us with the ear of corn we eat."

"Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. Life itself is possible. If a grain of corn is not impermanent, it can never be transformed into a stalk of corn. If the stalk were not impermanent, it could never provide us with the ear of corn we eat."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Impermanence, Possibility, Life, Change

14

"I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold."

"I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold."

John Dyer, American Poet

First, Interest

14

"Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust."

"Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust."

Samuel Ullman, American Poet

Soul, Heart, Fear, Enthusiasm

14

"Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot."

"Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

Poet, Poets, Praise

14

"The truth about life and lie about life is not measured by others but by your intuition, which never lies."

"The truth about life and lie about life is not measured by others but by your intuition, which never lies."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Intuition, Truth, Perception, Lies

14

"The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command."

"The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command."

William Falconer, Scottish Poet

Being, Fate, May

14

"A smile abroad is often a scowl at home."

"A smile abroad is often a scowl at home."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

14

"You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible."

"You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible."

Rita Dove, American Poet

14

"I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister."

"I write in that space between Ella's childhood and mine. I know it all sounds a bit sinister."

Carol Ann Duffy, British Poet

Family, Childhood, Space

14

"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform."

"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform."

Edward Young, English Poet

Work, Day, Fools, Reform

14

"I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered."

"I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered."

Jean Ingelow, English Poet

14

"None knows the weight of another's burden."

"None knows the weight of another's burden."

George Herbert, British Poet

14

"Love is energy of life."

"Love is energy of life."

Robert Browning, English Poet

Life, Love, Energy

14

"How great in number are the little minded men."

"How great in number are the little minded men."

Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman Poet

14

"There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago."

"There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Art, Poetry, England, Nothing

14

"If you cannot be open-minded, then you do not possess your ideas, your ideas possess you."

"If you cannot be open-minded, then you do not possess your ideas, your ideas possess you."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Open-mindedness, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

14

"Be loved for who you are, for everything that constitutes you. Be loved for your core beliefs, your strengths and weaknesses, your admirable traits and troublesome baggage. Be loved for you, because anything less is not love at all."

"Be loved for who you are, for everything that constitutes you. Be loved for your core beliefs, your strengths and weaknesses, your admirable traits and troublesome baggage. Be loved for you, because anything less is not love at all."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Authenticity, Love, Acceptance, Truth, Wisdom

14

"If you see most people neglect the Bible, and many that can read never look into it, let it not harden you and make you think lightly of it, and that it is a book of no worth."

"If you see most people neglect the Bible, and many that can read never look into it, let it not harden you and make you think lightly of it, and that it is a book of no worth."

Jupiter Hammon, American Poet

People, Bible, Neglect, Worth

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