Anvils Quote by James Russell Lowell

Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And…

— William Shakespeare

Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain! Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a…

— Walter Scott

He that plays the king shall be welcome- his Majesty shall have tribute of me; the adventurous knight shall use his foil and target;…

— William Shakespeare

Take thou of me, sweet pillowes, sweetest bed; A chamber deafe of noise, and blind of light, A rosie garland and a weary hed.

— Philip Sidney

“She can be anyone. Vengeful Hera, wrathful Hera, the queen of the heavens, most long-suffering of wives and cruellest of punishers, will continue without…

— Jennifer Saint

“The faery lords are immortal. Those who have songs ballads and stories written about them never die. Belief worship imagination we were born of…

— Julie Kagawa

Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.

— Edward Carpenter

One whose chief regard is for his own mind, and for the divinity within him and the service of its goodness, will strike no…

— Marcus Aurelius

Luminous, unfearful; high-priestesses, our fervour shall banish all evil.

— Hilda Doolittle

What mortal is there, over whose first joys and happiness does not break some storm, dispelling with its icy breath his fanciful illusions, and…

— Alphonse de Lamartine

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.

— Homer

He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought;…

— James Allen