Awe Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A great poet from ancient times put it this way: Love is the beauty of the soul.”

— Jeff Wheeler

“For my part, I love to give myself up to the illusion of poetry. A hero of fiction that never existed is just as…

— Washington Irving

“The soul of the world had opened and I fantasized that everything wicked, distressing and painful was on the point of vanishing...all notion of…

— Robert Walser

“A poem was a box for your soul. That was the point. It was the place where you could save bits of yourself, and…

— Andrea Ashworth

“This is my book, and in my book my soul With its two woven threads of joy and pain, And both were yours before…

— Alfred B. Douglas

“Poetry...is full of visions pulled more from our hearts than from our minds. Our greatest poems are written in the dust of our deepest…

— John H Ritter

“The greatness of poetry comes from its struggle to express the rapture of the soul in the contemplation of beauty.”

— Anthony S. Maulucci

“Poetry is the insistent roaring of the human soul.”

— Pietros Maneos

“I'm... like a poet hidden In the light of thought Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!”

— Alok Mishra

“I am certain, too, that such a soul, such a heart and principles, as are hers are not to be found elsewhere in the…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Because once upon a time, we grew up on stories and the voices in which they were told. We need words to hold us…

— Taylor Mali