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Quotes About Poetry

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.
~ John Muir
If society abolishes poetry it commits spiritual suicide.
~ Octavio Paz
Poetry is the special medium of spiritual crazy wisdom, the form of expression that comes closest to creating a bridge between words and what is wordless.
~ Wes Nisker
The spiritual desire for poetry can be overwhelming, so much do I need it to experience and name my own perilous depths and vast spaces, my own well-being.
~ Edward Hirsch
The three ingredients of poetry: the mystery of the universe, spiritual curiosity, the energy of language.
~ Mary Oliver
For poetry, more than any other art, except music, has a compelling hold upon the spiritual side of life.
~ Lizette Woodworth Reese
I'm a reader and a storyteller, and God chose literature and story and poetry as the languages of my spiritual text. To me, the Bible is a manifesto, a guide, a love letter, a story.
~ Shauna Niequist
You will find meaning in life only if you create it.It is a poetry to be composed. It is a song to be sung.It is a dance to be danced.
~ Rajneesh
The spiritual life to me has always meant just one thing: emotion. Emotion is the poetry of life.
~ Marty Rubin
There once was an umpire whose vision Was cause for abuse and derision He remarked in surprise, 'Why pick on my eyes? It's my heart that dictates my decision.'
~ Ogden Nash
Pure mathematics is in its way the poetry of logical ideas.
~ Albert Einstein
In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneous.
~ Albert Einstein
Mathematics is the poetry of logic and the music of reason.
~ Albert Einstein
There is a line of poetry, a sentence in a fable, a word in an essay, by which my existence is justified; find that line, and immortality is assured.
~ Alberto Manguel
I want God, I want poetry, I want danger, I want freedom, I want sin.
~ Aldous Huxley
If only good intentions were enough to make good poetry!
~ Aldous Huxley
I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.
~ Aldous Huxley
But I don't want comfort. I want poetry. I want danger. I want freedom. I want goodness. I want sin.
~ Aldous Huxley
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin. In fact, said Mustapha Mond, you're claiming the right to be unhappy. All right then, said the Savage defiantly, I'm claiming the right to be unhappy.
~ Aldous Huxley
Oh, this journey! It was two hours cut clean out of his life; two hours in which he might have done so much, so much—written the perfect poem, for example
~ Aldous Huxley
But I don't what comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.' 'In fact,' said Mustapha Mond, 'you're claiming the right to be unhappy.' 'All right, then,' said the Savage defiantly, 'I'm claiming the right to be unhappy.
~ Aldous Huxley
But I like the inconveniences. We don't, said the Controller. We prefer to do things comfortably. But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin. In fact, said Mustapha Mond, you're claiming the right to be unhappy.
~ Aldous Huxley
Ben keyif aram?yorum, Tanr?'y? istiyorum,ÅŸiir istiyorum,gerçek tehlike istiyorum,özgürlük istiyorum,iyilik istiyorum. Günah istiyorum. Asl?nda, dedi Mustafa Mond, siz mutsuz olma hakk?n? istiyorsunuz.
~ Aldous Huxley
Ich brauche keine Bequemlichkeiten. Ich will Gott, ich will Poesie, ich will wirkliche Gefahren und Freiheit und Tugend. ich will Sünde.<< >>Kurzum<<, sagte Mustafa Mannesmann, >>Sie fordern das Recht auf Unglück.<<
~ Aldous Huxley