"There is a property in the horizon..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a property in the horizon which no man has, but he whose eyes can integrate all the parts,--that is, the poet.
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“Government exists to defend the weak and the poor and the injured party; the rich and the strong can better take care of themselves.”
“Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.”
“How can we speak of the action of the mind under any divisions, as of its knowledge, of its ethics, of its works, and so forth, since it melts will into perception, knowledge into act? Each becomes the other. Itself alone is.”
More on Perception
“See it as it is, not worse than it is just so you have a reason not to try.”
“I perceive that we inhabitants of New England live this mean life that we do because our vision does not penetrate the surface ofthings. We think that that is which appears to be.”
“There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious.”
More on Poetry
“Poetry is a serious business; literature is the apparatus through which the world tries to keep intact its important ideas and feelings.”
“Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity.”
“The true poet is called to take in the splendor of the world and for that reason will always be inclined to praise rather than tofind fault.”