“There's always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He's never been able to learn from mistakes, he can't understand why his heart always breaks.” MenHeartAbleYoungMistakeEducationBreakAirAngryYoung ManSandFistsLearning From Mistakes Author:Billy Joel
“The sign of our time is that the dignity of the human personality has no place: the age is, as are its laws, impersonal, its heart as of stone... . Yet on arrest, in the name of these laws, we die like dogs, neither executioner nor victim making a sound. Because he has to gasp for air all his life, panting for breath is the man of today's only way out.” MenWayHumansHeartAgeTodayLawDiesNamesSoundAirDogHe ManPersonalityDignityStonesBreathsVictimOur TimeExecutionersHuman Personality Author:Sadegh Hedayat
“The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of spruce needles, or the screech of an eagle. But he will not make friends with any of these creatures and when his heart aches with longing, he will curse me. Have I done all to keep the air fresh? Have I cared enough about the water? Have I left the eagle to soar in freedom? Have I done everything I could to earn my grandchild's fondness?” HeartLongDoneEnoughLeftWaterAirCryCreaturesLongingCurseNativeFlashNative AmericanSoarGrandchildrenAcheEaglesNeedlesAmerican IndianFondnessNative American WisdomSalmonMy GrandchildrenGreat SpiritNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthIndian WisdomNative WisdomNative American Indian InspirationalHeart AcheNative American Dream Author:Chief Dan George
“Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices, Each note of which calls like a little sister, Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets Cyrano Act 5.” HeartLittlesFamilyAirSweetNotesDearNativeEchoesLittle SisterAscending Author:Edmond Rostand
“No blast of air or fire of sun Puts out the light whereby we run With girdled loins our lamplit race, And each from each takes heart of grace And spirit till his turn be done.” HeartDoneLightRunningSpiritTurnsRaceSunFireGraceAirCompanionshipBlast Book:Songs Before Sunrise Source: Songs Before Sunrise
“If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art no better than a fly. Conquer thy heart that thou mayest become somebody.” IfsHeartArtWaterWalksAirConquerSelf MasteryStraws Author:Aziz Ansari
“No dreams, no visions, no delicious fantasies, no castles in the air, with which, as the old song so truly says, hearts are broken, heads are turned.” HeartDreamSongVisionFantasyAirBrokenDeliciousCastlesOld SongCastles In The Air Book:The Quotable Osler Source: The Quotable Osler
“Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.” HeartHealingAirLetting GoBreatheEaseTeens Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“Voluptuous bloom and fragrance rare The summer to its rose may bring; Far sweeter to the wooing air The hidden violet of spring. Still, still that lovely ghost appears, Too fair, too pure, to bid depart; No riper love of later years Can steal its beauty from the heart.” LoveYearsHeartMayStillsAirPureSummerSpringFairsRoseLovelyStealingGhostVioletFragranceHeart LoveWooingVoluptuous Book:The Poems Source: The Poems
“Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the storm of passion, and soften the heart when shaken by sorrow to its inmost depths.” MindHeartPassionNatureAirInfluenceExerciseSorrowMereDepthCalmStormContactCommunionComfortingSoothingStrengtheningCommunion With Nature Author:Alexander von Humboldt
“Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way And play the game of life with your heart?” WayHeartHardPlayGamesAirWalkingIceThrowingDiceHard Way Author:Yoko Ono
“Put forth thy leaf, thou lofty plane, East wind and frost are safely gone; With zephyr mild and balmy rain The summer comes serenely on; Earth, air, and sun and skies combine To promise all that's kind and fair: But thou, O human heart of mine, Be still, contain thyself, and bear.” HumansHeartKindStillsEarthSunGoneAirSkyMinesWindBearsPromiseSummerRainFairsEastPlanesLeafsHuman HeartThyselfLoftyFrostZephyr Book:Poems: With a Memoir Source: Poems: With a Memoir
“As in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow,Surprised I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow;And lifting up a fearful eye to view what fire was near,A pretty babe all burning bright did in the air appear.” HeartMadeEyeNightViewsFireAirMy HeartWinterSnowBurningHeatFearfulLiftingBabeLifting UpBurning Bright Author:Robert Southwell
“Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fêted in the waving grass And by the streamers of the white cloud And whispers of the wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.” HeartNamesLeftBornWhiteSunFireAirSkyFieldsWindListeningHighestCloudsSnowGrassHonourCentreVividWhite Clouds Author:Stephen Spender