What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.

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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...

The imagination is man's power over nature.

The imagination is man's power over nature.

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's...

Intolerance respecting other people's religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people's...

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 genuine artist is never rue to life. He sees what is real, but not...

The genuine artist is never rue to life. He sees what is real, but not...

To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life,...

To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life,...

Money is a kind of poetry.

Money is a kind of poetry.

All history is modern history

All history is modern history

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

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

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

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal....

New York is a field of tireless and antagonistic interests undoubtedly fascinating but horribly unreal....

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

The poet is the priest of the invisible.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.

One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important...

One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important...

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.

The fire burns as the novel taught it how.