Mind Quotes by Philip James Bailey

8 Mind quotes by Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey’s lyrical richness emerges in eight short reflections on the mind. The verses, though brief, carry a resonant cadence that invites lingering thought.

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Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.

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Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each…

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We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life.

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Burn to be great, Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone. The plains are everlasting as the hills, The bard cannot…

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Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.

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The poet's pen is the true divining rod Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling; Bringing to light and use, else…

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Who can mistake great thoughts? They seize upon the mind; arrest and search, And shake it; bow the tall soul as by…

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Imagination is the air of mind.

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The strongest passion which I have is honor.

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When pride thaws, look for floods.

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Thou art a woman, And that is saying the best and worst of thee.

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The death-change comes. Death is another life. We bow our heads At going out, we think, and enter straight Another golden chamber of the…

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It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.

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Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

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Kindness is wisdom.

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None but God can fill the perfect whole.

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The ground of all great thoughts is sadness.

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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.

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My favoured temple is an humble heart.

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Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they…

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The sole equality on earth is death.

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The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou…

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He is a fool who is not for love and beauty. I speak unto the young, for I am of them and always shall…

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