“That's why we call this a dark age. It's a dark age in the sense that there are so many people on the earth who are un-attuned that they create such a level of white noise, in a sense, that it drowns out things that we'd like to see.” PeopleAgeEarthHumanityDarkWhiteLevelsBuddhismNoiseDark AgesWhite Noise Author:Frederick Lenz
“What is precious is never to forget, The delight of the blood drawn from ancient springs, Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth; Never to deny its pleasure in the simple morning light, Nor its grave evening demand for love; Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother, With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit.” WorldLightEarthSpiritSimpleForgetPleasureMorningBloodRocksDemandSpringAncientDelightDenyGravesNoiseEveningTrafficFogFloweringMorning Light Author:Stephen Spender
“The clamours of spring are the same old delicate noises, The earth renews its magical youth at a breath.” EarthYouthSpringBreathsNoiseDelicateClamour Book:Poems Source: Poems
“O Earth, so full of dreary noises! O men, with wailing in your voices! O delved gold, the wader's heap! O strife, O curse, that o'er it fall! God makes a silence through you all, And "giveth His beloved, sleep.” MenEarthDeathFallVoiceSleepSilenceGoldNoiseBelovedCurseStrifeDrearyWailing Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“The mind of the greatest man on earth is not so independent of circumstances as not to feel inconvenienced by the merest buzzing noise about him; it does not need the report of a cannon to disturb his thoughts. The creaking of a vane or a pully is quite enough. Do not wonder that he reasons ill just now; a fly is buzzing by his ear; it is quite enough to unfit him for giving good counsel.” MenNeedsGivingFeelsMindDoeReasonEnoughEarthWonderCircumstancesEarsIndependentIllNoiseReportsTriflesCannonsGreatest Man Book:Thoughts on religion, and other subjects Source: Thoughts on religion, and other subjects
“Women tell time by the body. They are like clocks. They are always fastened to the earth, listening for its small animal noises.” BodyEarthTimeAnimalListeningNoiseClockSmall Animals Author:Anne Sexton