Not the poem which we have read , but that to which we return , with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power, and claims the name of essential poetry .
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGENot the poem which we have read , but that to which we return , with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power, and claims the name of essential poetry .
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGECommon sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEThere is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEMan thereby becomes the creature of mere meditation, and loses his natural power of action.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEIn the deepest night of trouble and sorrow God gives us so much to be thankful for that we need never cease our singing.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEThat gracious thing, made up of tears and light.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEA great mind must be androgynous.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGENo mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEHe who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEHe diffuses a tone and spirit of unity, that blends, and (as it were) fuses , each into each, by that synthetic and magical power, to which I would exclusively appropriate the name of Imagination.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEDemocracy is the healthful lifeblood which circulates through the veins and arteries, which supports the system, but which ought never to appear externally, and as the mere blood itself.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGETo be beloved is all I need, And whom I love, I love indeed.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEAs a man without forethought scarcely deserves the name of a man, so forethought without reflection is but a metaphorical phrase for the instinct of a beast.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEI wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; – poetry = the best words in the best order.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEHow like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGEChristianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE