"Being, not doing, is my first joy." — Theodore Roethke
"Being, not doing, is my first joy."
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73 Quotes by Theodore Roethke
Theodore Roethke has 73 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Time marks us while we are marking time.
- What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?
- I came where the river Ran over stones; My ears knew An early joy. And all the waters Of all…
- I'm sure I've been a toad, one time or another. With bats, weasels, worms...I rejoice in the kinship. Even the…
- Wake the happy words.
- Any fool can take a bad line out of a poem; it takes a real pro to throw out a…
- A too explicit elucidation in education destroys much of the pleasure of learning. There should be room for sly hinters,…
- The damage of teaching: the constant contact with the undeveloped.
- Teach as an old fishing guide takes out a beginner.
- O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and…
- I can't go on flying apart just for those who want the benefit of a few verbal kicks. My God,…
- Love is not love until love's vulnerable.
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