Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

Topics: Finding Yourself Quotes, Self Discovery Quotes

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone,...

It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone,...

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of...

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of...

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of...

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of...

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of...

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections, Or the beauty of...

What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on...

What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on...

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

It can never be satisfied, the mind, never.

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

The reason can give nothing at all Like the response to desire.

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and...

If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and...

Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans...

Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans...

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives...

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home...

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home...

Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time.

Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time.

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...