"Writing a poem is a lesson in the truest empathy. And to truly have empathy is to truly know power, or at least the only kind of power Iâ€™m interested in."

-- Zachary Schomburg

#Writing Quotes #Empathy Quotes #Lessons Quotes

“Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.”
“Cisco has been both a pioneer in legitimizing VoIP as an alternative to traditional telephony but also an innovator as it has maintained its competitive lead over the past decade.”
“No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler.”
“Every year, my boys and I create new cool gift wrap paper. We hand paint the design and come up with interesting ways to wrap each gift.”
“The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.”

Source : William Robertson Smith (2006). “The Old Testament in the Jewish Church: Twelve Lectures on Biblical Criticism”, p.272, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“Sun and moon have no light left, earth is dark; Our women's world is sunk so deep, who can help us? Jewelry sold to pay this trip across the seas, Cut off from my family I leave my native land. Unbinding my feet I clean out a thousand years of poison, With heated heart arouse all women's spirits. Alas, this delicate kerchief here Is half stained with blood, and half with tears.”
“Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.”
“Spring has again returned. The Earth is like a child that knows many poems. Many, O so many. For the hardship of such long learning she receives the prize. Strict was her teacher. The white in the old man's beard pleases us. Now, what to call green, to call blue, we dare to ask: She knows, She knows!”

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