“It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little. I discern great sanity in the Greek attitude. They never chattered about sunsets, or discussed whether the shadows on the grass were really mauve or not. But they saw that the sea was for the swimmer, and the sand for the feet of the runner. They loved the trees for the shadow that they cast, and the forest for its silence at noon.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“Those who have much are often greedy; those who have little often share.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“Art only begins where Imitation ends.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.”
― To Love This Life: Quotations from Helen Keller
― To Love This Life: Quotations from Helen Keller
“I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
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