Dreams491
“It might be easier / To fail with land in sight, / Than gain my blue peninsula / To perish of delight.”
Words worth keeping
The quote collection.
Reminders for brave starts, creative days, and the moments when you need a little push.
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Creativity492
“Poetry must be new as foam, and as old as the rock.”
Calm493
“The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.”
Dreams494
“It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves.”
Calm495
“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.”
Purpose496
“Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life.”
Calm497
“To know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us, even in silence — this makes our earthly ball a peopled garden.”
Growth498
“You really only know when you know little. Doubt grows with knowledge.”
Creativity499
“That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best — make it all up — but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.”
Growth500
“The greatest danger, that of losing one’s own self, may pass off as quietly as if it were nothing; every other loss, that of an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife etc., is sure to be noticed.”