You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief

Quote by Marianne Moore

Topics: Belief Quotes

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...