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"Ah, sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun, Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveller's journey is done; Where the youth pined away with desire And the pale virgin shrouded in snow Arise from their graves, and aspire Where my sunflower wishes to go."
"To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour."
"In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors."
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."
"The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
"He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise."
"The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one."
"Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's."
"And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love."
"Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life."
"Do what you will this life's a fiction, And is made up of contradiction."
"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself."
"Poetry, Painting & Music, the three Powers in man of conversing with Paradise, which the flood did not sweep away."
"A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation."
"I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create."
"The pride of the peacock is the glory of God."
"Love is weak when there is more doubt than there is trust, but love is most strong when you learn to trust even with all the doubts. If a thing loves, it is infinite."
"I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door; So I turn'd to the Garden of Love, That so many sweet flowers bore. And I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be: And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires."
"We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them."
"The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest."