"The greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe."

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Source : Robinson Jeffers, James Karman, Una Jeffers (2009). “The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers: With Selected Letters of Una Jeffers”, p.65, Stanford University Press

Robinson Jeffers

#Divine Quotes #Universe Quotes #Wholeness Quotes

“Oh why was I born for this time? Before one is thirty to know more dead than living people.”
“I tramp a perpetual journey.”
“In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented with a condition of slavery, commits the highest crime against God and man. Brethren, your oppressors aim to do this. They endeavor to make you as much like brutes as possible. When they have blinded the eyes of your mind-when they have embittered the sweet waters of the light which shines from the word of God-then, and not till then has American slavery done its perfect work.”
“With all the innovation in music today itâ€™s rare to find someone like Engel writing timeless songs that sound at home in the ribcage of rock n rollâ€™s skeleton.”
“Perhaps the greatest definition I think of character and quality is people who when they're truly great rather than making you feel that tall they make you feel that tall, that they're greatness as it were improves you.”
“You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.”
“People want to be connected to be everyone at anytime. They want to talk about their passions, they want to talk about their private life, they want to have the right to speak.”
“So, the gods don't hand out all their gifts at once, not build and brains and flowing speech to all. One man may fail to impress us with his looks but a god can crown his words with beauty, charm, and men look on with delight when he speaks out. Never faltering, filled with winning self-control, he shines forth at assembly grounds and people gaze at him like a god when he walks through the streets. Another man may look like a deathless one on high but there's not a bit of grace to crown his words. Just like you, my fine, handsome friend.”

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