The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

Quote by Wallace Stevens

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How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room...

How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room...

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...

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with...

In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with...

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

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

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

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,...

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.

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...

We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the...

We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the...

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does...

A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does...

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

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...

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers...

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.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Dont push yourself to try to be right in everything cause sometimes being wrong makes...

Dont push yourself to try to be right in everything cause sometimes being wrong makes...

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark.

Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark.