"Teach me, like you, to drink creation whole/ And casting out myself, become a soul."

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Source : Richard Wilbur (2006). “Collected Poems 1943-2004”, p.281, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Richard Wilbur

#Soul Quotes #Casting Quotes #Like You Quotes

“I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face.”
“The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack.”
“Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.”
“How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)”
“God never gives dominion to any creature which has not received his image. His image is love. Other things belong to God; but God is love. No creature that has not love will be allowed to have a permanent empire. The Father of mercy will not put the reigns of government into a hand that has no heart. Dominion is a very solemn thing; it may oppress, crush, destroy. The Father must have a guarantee for its gentleness. What guarantee can there be but his image - the possession of a nature tender as the Divine?”
“I believe space exploration is an absolute necessity for the survival of human race.”

Source : Source: scienceblog.com
“Follow your dreams, because you wouldn't want it so bad if you couldn't have it. The universe gives you these dreams because you can have them. If you're willing to work for it, you can have anything you want.”
“Harmonizing heart and brain through love is what can establish a complete intelligence, a complete self, where a child can look at life and realize there are no dead ends, there are always possibilities. The greatest gift a parent can give a child during all the ups and downs of life is love.”

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