It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised read more

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.

The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.

The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.

A book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou
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A book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
On, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

A limbo large and broad, since call'd
The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.

A limbo large and broad, since call'd
The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.

There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the read more

There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
Some may perchance, with strange surprise,
Have blundered into Paradise.

Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.

Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.

Dry your eyes--O dry your eyes,
For I was taught in Paradise
To ease my breast of read more

Dry your eyes--O dry your eyes,
For I was taught in Paradise
To ease my breast of melodies.

Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers

Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. read more

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that `I will lead all of them into nirvana'.