I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things.

Quote by Mary Oliver

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I simply do not distinguish between work and play.

I simply do not distinguish between work and play.

This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and...

This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and...

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work

Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader...

Almost anything is too much. I am trying in my poems to have the reader...

As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there...

As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there...

I was very careful never to take an interesting job. If you have an interesting...

I was very careful never to take an interesting job. If you have an interesting...

I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few...

I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few...

I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish...

I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish...

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty...

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty...