If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

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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,...

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

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 Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

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

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

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

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

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...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

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.

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.

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 afflictive disease.

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

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...

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

No offense means I'm about to hurt your feelings, but let's pretend I didn't.

No offense means I'm about to hurt your feelings, but let's pretend I didn't.