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It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than read more
It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.
Wandering between two worlds, one dead,
The other powerless to be born
With nowhere yet to rest read more
Wandering between two worlds, one dead,
The other powerless to be born
With nowhere yet to rest my head,
Like these, on earth I wait forlorn.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face.
Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face.
In this bad, twisted, topsy-turvy world,
Where all the heaviest wrongs get uppermost.
In this bad, twisted, topsy-turvy world,
Where all the heaviest wrongs get uppermost.
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you read more
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but read more
Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which 'are' there.
This restless world
Is full of chances, which by habit's power
To learn to bear is easier read more
This restless world
Is full of chances, which by habit's power
To learn to bear is easier than to shun.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
I shut my eyes in order to see.