"With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things."
-William Wordsworth
PowerView Quote
"The world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.“
-William Wordsworth
posted in Nature
Other Quotes by William Wordsworth
Discover more inspiring quotes by William Wordsworth
"Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility."
-William Wordsworth
PoetryView Quote
"For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity."
-William Wordsworth
SadView Quote
"When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign is solitude."
-William Wordsworth
BusinessView Quote
"Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity."
-William Wordsworth
NatureView Quote
"The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this."
-William Wordsworth
BeautyView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
-Anais Nin
NatureView Quote
"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous."
-Ingrid Bergman
NatureView Quote
"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature."
-Joseph Campbell
NatureView Quote
"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."
-Stephen Hawking
NatureView Quote
"The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing."
-Eric Berne
NatureView Quote
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
-Helen Keller
NatureView Quote