Philosophy Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“My recent adventures have made me quite the philosopher, especially at night, when I hear naught but the stream grinding boulders into pebbles through…

— David Mitchell

“Isn’t it better that we send them off once and for all beneath the glow of carnival lights, with the taste of treats on…

— Chang-rae Lee

“My own opinion is that if I keep juggling, then all the balls will stay in the air and my comeuppance will never come…

— Mark Lawrence

“I think good poetry should startle, shatter and, yes, entertain while getting as close to the truth as possible. I can get all the…

— Charles Bukowski

“Smoke fills the room, gray and sylphlike, lovely in its deadly grace. It trails into the fire and forms what appear to be wings—black…

— A.G. Howard

“Do not all charms fly / At the mere touch of cold philosophy?”

— Anonymous

“A torch-flame resembles the wisdom of cowards: it gives a poor light because it trembles.”

— Victor Hugo

“I am wrapped round with phrases, like damp straw; I glow, phosphorescent.”

— Virginia Woolf

“Designed for good [my friend was sputtering and throwing smoke]. The soul was not designed for this, I thought. We were supposed to be…

— C.S. Lewis

“Never wilt your soul, never be just good, simple or unpolished. Manifest more then the body that surrounds yourself.”

— Marcus Aurelius

"You're next, after the feather dancers." And you had to get their attention, because otherwise people would go, "Oh, a poet." You really have…

— Sandra Cisneros

“Poetry is the most potent of all literary forms. If prose is candle light, poetry is dawn.”

— Abhijit Naskar