T Quotes
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“True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams.”
Source: On poetic imagination and reverie: selections from the works of Gaston Bachelard
“True poetry is born of scrutiny,
Scrutiny, the son of meditation,
Meditation, the son of lore,
Lore, the son of inquiry,
Inquiry, the son of investigation,
Investigation, the son of knowledge,
Knowledge, the son of understanding,
Understanding, the son of wisdom,
Wisdom, the son of surrender to the Divine Will
Thus it is with the poet himself: his art is powerful, protecting, elevating, and his judgement straight and strong”
“True poetry is not of earth, 'T is more of Heaven by its birth.”
“True poetry is similar to certain pictures whose owner is unknown and which only a few initiated people know.”
“True poetry ought to be secret and clandestine, concealed like a prohibited voice of dissent, while at the same time it should speak to everyone.”
Source: Danube
“True poetry, like the religious prompting itself, springs from the emotional side of a man's complex nature, and is ever in harmony with his highest intuitions and aspirations.”
“True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.”
“True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.”
“True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to its full growth; and certainly the worst form this quality can assume is that of opinionativeness and arrogance.”
Source: Self-help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance
“True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.”
“True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying.”
Source: A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader
“True politics cannot take a single step without first paying homage to morals, and while politics itself is a difficult art, its combination with morals is no art at all; for morals cuts the Gordian knot which politics cannot solve as soon as the two are in conflict.”
Source: Basic Writings
“True politics is simply the drying of tears and the endless fight for freedom. Without freedom there is no art and no truth. I revere great artists and the men who say no to tyrants.”
Source: The Black Prince
“True popular ballads are the spontaneous products of nature.”
“True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.”
“True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.”
“True poverty does not come from God.”
“True power and true happiness are when you use your success to make others around you feel even more significant.”
“True power and true politeness are above vanity.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)
“True power arises in knowing what you want, knowing what you don't want, expressing it clearly and lovingly without attachment to the outcome.”
“True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path.”
“True power comes not from force, but from love and understanding.”
Source: FARLEY STREET: A Supernatural Adventure of Self-Discovery, Cosmic Battles, and Paranormal Romance
“True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of some personal war.”
Source: Narcissus in Chains: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel
“True power does not amass through the pain and suffering of others.”
“True power does not insult, diminish, or belittle nor does it align itself with specialness, entitlement, or judgment. True power generates vibrational harmony, kindness, and presence.”
“True power does not need arrogance, a long beard and a barking voice. True power strangles you with silk ribbons, charm and intelligence.”
“True power does not rest in our ability to destroy something, for the fool can do that with little effort and no thought. Nor does true power rest in our ability to restore something once it’s destroyed, for that simply involves taking what we’ve done and walking it backwards. Rather, true power rests in the ability to render destruction as the thing that never happens.”
“True Power Dressers wield color as a strategic tool, using cleverly calculated color palettes that project dynamism, creativity, and innovative thinking.”
Source: The Power Dressers: A Women’s Guide to Professional Style
“True power is expressed in quiet confidence; it was the sea's very calmness that epitomised its mighty force.”
“True power is given to the vulnerable.”
Source: Recovering: A Journal
“True power is going for what you want and becoming a better you”
“True power is in the unknown.”
Source: The Book of Obeah
“True power is invisible and impeccable, like good taste. It is never clumsy or artless. Powerful people whisper, suggest, seduce, in order to coerce. They only use volume for effect. This is how you can tell a blowhard from a mogul. ... Most powerful people don't need to coerce; their mere presence is coercive.”
“True power is not a separation of anything, but an inclusion of everything.”
Source: Believing Becoming Being
“True power is rooted in the Word, for it is firm and unswayed. By its unseen and unmatched power, the foundations of heaven and earth were laid.”
Source: The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes
“True power is stillness within motion.”
“True power is the ability to live rent-free in someone else's head when you don't think about them at all.”
Source: That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
“True power is the power to empower others.”
“True Power is within, and it is available now.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“True power isn’t in accomplishing the easy, but in conquering what we once deemed impossible.”
Source: The Hultman Blueprint
“True power lies in self-control; without it, we risk reopening wounds that deserve our attention and care for genuine healing to occur.”
“True power lies not in the spotlight, but in the influential shadows.”
“True power requires true sacrifice. [Taishi's father]”
Source: The Art of Prophecy
“True practical Christianity (never let it be forgotten) consists in devoting the heart and life to God; in being supremely and habitually governed by a desire to know, and a disposition to fulfill his will, and in endeavoring under the influence of these motives to 'live to his glory.' Where these essential requisites are wanting, however amiable the character may be, however creditable and respectable among men, yet, as it possesses not the grand distinguishing essence, it must not be complimented with the name of Christianity.”
Source: A Practical View
“True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.”
“True praise is to proclaim the greatness of God.”
“True praise leads to true peace.”
“True praise rootes and spreedes.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“True prayer is a lonely business.”
“True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency.”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes