Growth341
“Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas; he must burst it open, and that in his youth, and so try to test his ideas on reality.”
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The quote collection.
Reminders for brave starts, creative days, and the moments when you need a little push.
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Courage342
“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
Creativity343
“Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.”
Growth344
“When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.”
Calm345
“In the world’s audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeams, and the stars of midnight.”
Growth346
“Light finds her treasure of colours / through the antagonism of clouds.”
Creativity347
“A work of art is good if it has grown out of necessity.”
Calm348
“Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light.”
Calm349
“But also I say this: that light is an invitation to happiness, and that happiness, when it’s done right, is a kind of holiness.”
Action350
“I don’t pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.”