„The earth was all before me. With a heart
Joyous, nor scared at its own liberty,
I look about; and should the chosen guide
Be nothing better than a wandering cloud,
I cannot miss my way.“
Quelle: The Prelude
William Wordsworth2
britischer Dichter 1770 - 1850Ähnliche Zitate
„A man cannot have a better guide than himself, nor any physic better than a regular life.“
— Luigi Cornaro Italian philosopher 1484 - 1566
Discourses on the Sober Life
— Gavrila Derzhavin Russian poet 1743 - 1816
Poemː God
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 283.
— Honoré de Balzac, buch A Woman of Thirty
L'amour a son instinct, il sait trouver le chemin du cœur comme le plus faible insecte marche à sa fleur avec une irrésistible volonté qui ne s'épouvante de rien.
Quelle: A Woman of Thirty (1842), Ch. III: At Thirty Years.
— Alexis De Tocqueville, buch Democracy in America
Original text: À côté de ces hommes religieux, j'en découvre d'autres dont les regards sont tournés vers la terre plutôt que vers le ciel; partisans de la liberté, non seulement parce qu'ils voient en elle l'origine des plus nobles vertus, mais surtout parce qu'ils la considèrent comme la source des plus grands biens, ils désirent sincèrement assurer son empire et faire goûter aux hommes ses bienfaits : je comprends que ceux-là vont se hâter d'appeler la religion à leur aide, car ils doivent savoir qu'on ne peut établir le règne de la liberté sans celui des mœurs, ni fonder les mœurs sans les croyances; mais ils ont aperçu la religion dans les rangs de leurs adversaires, c'en est assez pour eux : les uns l'attaquent, et les autres n'osent la défendre.
Introduction.
Democracy in America, Volume I (1835)
„I gave my smile its liberty, with no curfew nor bounds.“
— Vanna Bonta Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014) 1958 - 2014
"I Gave My Smile"
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)
— Van Morrison Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician 1945
Give Me My Rapture.
Quelle: Song lyrics, Poetic Champions Compose (1987)
„I was neither
Living nor dead, and I knew nothing,
Looking into the heart of light, the silence.“
— T.S. Eliot, buch The Waste Land
Quelle: The Waste Land (1922), Line 39 et seq.
— Michelle Branch American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1983
"Desperately"
2000s, Hotel Paper (2003)
Kontext: There was something, about the way you looked at me. Made me think for a moment, that maybe we were meant to be. Living our lives separately, and it's strange that things change. But not me, wanting you so desperately. Oh, why can't I ignore it? I keep giving in, but I should know better. Because there was something about the way you looked at me, and it's strange that things change. But not me, wanting you so desperately.
— John Keats English Romantic poet 1795 - 1821
Letter to Benjamin Bailey (November 22, 1817)
Letters (1817–1820)
— Yi Hwang Korean Confucianism scholar 1501 - 1570
The old teacher never saw me; he lived long before my time.
Though I may never meet him, I can see the road he traveled.
With his wise road before me, what reason for me to stray?
Twelve Songs of Dosan
Original: (ko) 古人도날몯보고나도古人몯뵈
古人를몯봐도녀던길알ᄑᆡ잇ᄂᆡ
녀던길알ᄑᆡ잇거든아니녀고엇뎔고
— Giacomo Casanova Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice 1725 - 1798
History of My Life (trans. Trask 1967), 1997 reprint, v. 8, chapter 4, p. 94
Referenced
— John Masefield English poet and writer 1878 - 1967
Ballads and Poems (1910), " C. L. M. http://theotherpages.org/poems/masef01.html"
