We live by admiration, hope and love; and even as these are well and wisely fixed, in dignity of being we ascend

Quote by William Wordsworth

Topics: Living Quotes

The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force...

A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force...

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and...

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and...

Drink, pretty creature, drink!

Drink, pretty creature, drink!

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in...

I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in...

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay...

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Every life is a profession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Every life is a profession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness...

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness...

Where ones treasure is there also is his heart.

Where ones treasure is there also is his heart.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.