The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.
EZRA POUNDGenius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one, and the man of talent sees two or three, plus the ability to register that multiple perception in the material of his art.
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Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.
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The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
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Bureaucrats are a pox. They are supposed to be necessary. Certain chemicals in the body are supposed to be necessary to life, but cause death the moment they increase beyond a suitable limit.
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Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel.
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Wars are made to make debt.
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In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
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I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.
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A little light, like a rushlight to lead back to splendour.
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The temple is holy because it is not for sale.
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Our own consciousness is incapable of having produce the universe. God, therefore, exists. That is to say, there is no reason for not applying the term God, Theos, to the intimate essence.
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The natural object is always the adequate symbol.
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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.
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I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.
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