To me the meanest flower that blows can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH FlowerLieMyselfTears
The education of circumstances is superior to that of intuition. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH EducationPhilosophy
The light that never was, on sea or land; The consecration, and the Poet’s dream. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH DreamLightPoetSea
There is a comfort in the strength of love; ‘Twill make a thing endurable, which else would overset the brain, or break the heart. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH BreakComfortableEnduranceHeartLoveStrength
And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner’s eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH EyesLifeLoveReasonSimplicityWorryYourself
My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH EyesHeartMyselfTears
Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH GloryHappiness
Great men have been among us; hands that penn’d and tongues that utter’d wisdom. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH GreatnessHandsManWisdom
But trailing clouds of glory do we come, From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy! WILLIAM WORDSWORTH GloryGodHeavenHomeOurselves
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 OurselvesPowerWasteWorld
To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together. Humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH CharacterGodHumbleIndependentSuccessTogetherness
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH FeelingOurselvesPleasurePride
Mathematics is an independent world created out of pure intelligence. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH CreationIndependentIntelligenceMathematicsWorld
In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH HandsOurselvesRightSafety
Pleasure is spread through the earth In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH GiftNature
Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH FutureLifePastPhilosphyPresent
A voice so thrilling ne’er was heard. Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH BreakSeaSilenceVoice
Imagination is the means of deep insight and sympathy, the power to conceive and express images removed from normal objective reality. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ExpressionImaginationPowerReality
