“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree toad is a chef-d'oeurve for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery, And the cow crunching with depress'd head surpasses any statue, And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels!” BelieveEnoughHandsRunningI BelieveHeavenStarsPerfectTreeHighestMiracleEnvironmentalGrassSandEggsCowsGrainDepressingChefMiceLeafsMachineryStatuesScornHingesInfidelLeaves Of GrassToadsGrains Of SandParlorBlackberriesWrens Author:Walt Whitman
“Man is the highest product of his own history. The discoverer finds nothing so grand or tall as himself, nothing so valuable to him. The greatest star is at the small end, of the telescope,--the star that is looking, not looked after nor looked at.” MenEndsStarsProductsHighestValuableTallTelescopes Book:Centenary Edition [of the Writings of Theodore Parker] Source: Centenary Edition [of the Writings of Theodore Parker]
“Is it possible, after all, that spite of bricks and shaven faces, this world we live in is brimmed with wonders, and I and all mankind, beneath our garbs of common-placeness, conceal enigmas that the stars themselves, and perhaps the highest seraphim can not resolve?” WorldFacesStarsCommonWonderMankindThis WorldHighestSpiteResolveCan NotBricksEnigma Book:Pierre; or The Ambiguities Source: Pierre; or The Ambiguities
“I'm an enormous product of my century, I'm a product of my upbringing. I was not aware of the fact that I was entering marriage with the highest set of expectations that humans have ever brought to the institution. It was really good to find that out. It doesn't have to be the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, the moon and the stars - it can just be the moon. It's enough that it just can be what it is.” HumansEndsEnoughFactsStarsCenturyProductsMoonHighestExpectationsInstitutionsEnormousEnteringUpbringingAlphas Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“Realise well, proud little man that even the highest clouds don't shine! For above all things there lie brightest stars.” MenWellsLittlesLyingStarsProudHighestAll ThingsShiningCloudsRealisingLittle ManBrightest Star Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“All students of disaster movies know that nothing survives these natural onslaughts except cats and the highest paid film stars.” KnowsFilmStarsNaturalStudentsHighestCatPaidDisasterFilm StarsDisaster Movie Author:Simon Jenkins