The soul that feeds on books alone - I count that soul exceeding small That lives alone by book and creed, - A soul that has not learned to read. — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Lonely as God, and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts up sudden and solitary from the heart of the great black forests… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
Man's books are but a climbing stair, Lain step by step, like stairs of stone; The stairway here, the temple there - Man's lampad… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries and fails… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
Men say, "By pride the angels fell from heaven." By pride they reached a place from which they fell! — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
Man's books are but man's alphabet, Beyond and on his lessons lie - The lessons of the violet, The large gold letters of the… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
Is it worthwhile that we jostle a brother, Bearing his load on the rough road of life? Is it worthwhile that we jeer at… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
The soul that feeds on books alone - I count that soul exceeding small That lives alone by book and creed, - A soul… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
I throw a kiss across the sea, I drink the winds as drinking wine, And dream they all are blown from thee, I catch… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
O woman, born first to believe us; Yea, also born first to forget; Born first to betray and deceive us, Yet first to repent… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
Physiognomy is often a great falsifier, though as a rule it is honest enough. — Joaquin Miller Copy Share
