--- title: "1 Consciousness Life Quotes By Robinson Jeffers" description: "1 Consciousness Life quotes by Robinson Jeffers. Plus more from Robinson Jeffers and more Consciousness Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/robinson-jeffers-8592_existence_what-is-this-thing-called-life-i-believe_1063951.jpg" --- > [“What is this thing called life? I believe That the earth and the stars too, and the whole glittering universe, and rocks on the mountains have life, Only we do not call it so--I speak of the life That oxidizes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/what-is-this-thing-called-life-i-believe-that-the-earth-and-the-stars/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/robinson-jeffers-8592_existence_what-is-this-thing-called-life-i-believe_1063951.jpg) ## More by Robinson Jeffers > [A little too abstract, a little too wise, It is time for us to kiss the earth again, It is time to let the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/a-little-too-abstract-a-little-too-wise-it-is-time-for-us-to-kiss-the/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [“While this America settles in the mould of its vulgarity, heavily thickening to empire, I And protest, only a bubble in the molten mass,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/while-this-america-settles-in-the-mould-of-its-vulgarity-heavily/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [Happy people die whole, they are all dissolved in a moment, they have had what they wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/happy-people-die-whole-they-are-all-dissolved-in-a-moment-they-have/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [“The Atlantic is a stormy moat, and the Mediterranean, The blue pool in the old garden, More than five thousand years has drunk sacrifice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/the-atlantic-is-a-stormy-moat-and-the-mediterranean-the-blue-pool-in/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [“The broken pillar of the wing jags from the clotted shoulder, The wing trails like a banner in defeat, No more to use the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/the-broken-pillar-of-the-wing-jags-from-the-clotted-shoulder-the-wing/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [As for me, I would rather be a worm in a wild apple than a son of man. But we are what we are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/as-for-me-i-would-rather-be-a-worm-in-a-wild-apple-than-a-son-of-man/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [Oh heavy change. The world deteriorates like a rotting apple, worms and a skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/oh-heavy-change-the-world-deteriorates-like-a-rotting-apple-worms-and/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [Truly men hate the truth; they'd liefer meet a tiger on the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/truly-men-hate-the-truth-they-d-liefer-meet-a-tiger-on-the-road/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [I've changed my ways a little, I cannot now Run with you in the evenings along the shore, Except in a kind of dream,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/i-ve-changed-my-ways-a-little-i-cannot-now-run-with-you-in-the/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [Why does insanity always twist the great answers? Because only tormented persons want truth. Man is an animal like other animals, wants food and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/why-does-insanity-always-twist-the-great-answers-because-only/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [“One existence, one music, one organism, one life, one God: star-fire and rock-strength, the sea's cold flow And man's dark soul.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/one-existence-one-music-one-organism-one-life-one-god-star-fire-and/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [We might remember ... not to fear death; it is the only way to be cleansed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/we-might-remember-not-to-fear-death-it-is-the-only-way-to-be-cleansed/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [Hear the music, the thunder of the wings. Love the wild swan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/hear-the-music-the-thunder-of-the-wings-love-the-wild-swan/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [If millions are born millions must die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/if-millions-are-born-millions-must-die/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) > [That public men publish falsehoods Is nothing new. That America must accept Like the historical republics corruption and empire Has been known for years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robinson-jeffers/that-public-men-publish-falsehoods-is-nothing-new-that-america-must/) [Robinson Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robinson-jeffers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consciousness-life/robinson-jeffers/#itemlist", "name": "1 Consciousness Life Quotes By Robinson Jeffers", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What is this thing called life? 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