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Execution is the chariot of genius.

Genius, Action, Creativity, Philosophical Metaphor, Artistic Insight, Motivational Statement

Execution is the chariot of genius

Execution is the chariot of genius

Execution is the chariot of genius

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“I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's gate Built in Jerusalem's wall.”

Guidance, Spirituality, Journey, Poetic Metaphor, Philosophical Insight, Religious Symbolism

“Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”

Wisdom, Prevention, Temptation, Metaphorical Insight, Life Advice, Philosophical Observation

“Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings To his strong bones, strides o'er the groaning rocks: He withers all in silence, and his hand Unclothes the earth, and freezes up frail life.”

Nature, Death, Winter, Poetic Imagery, Philosophical Reflection, Existential Dread

“For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.”

Existence, Permanence, Totality, Philosophical Insight, Spiritual Truth, Poetic Affirmation

“One thought fills immensity.”

Thought, Infinity, Power, Philosophical Insight, Mental Capacity, Spiritual Observation

“I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I've a wife that I love and that loves me; I've all but riches bodily.”

Happiness, Mental Wealth, Love, Philosophical Reflection, Spiritual Contentment, Poetic Inventory

“And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles.”

Nurture, Fear, Deception, Poetic Expression, Emotional Complexity, Philosophical Reflection

“Rhetoric completes the tools of learning. Dialectic zeros in on the logic of things, of particular systems of thought or subjects. Rhetoric takes the next grand step and brings all these subjects together into one whole.”

Rhetoric, Learning, Unity, Philosophical Insight, Educational Principle, Intellectual Synthesis

“If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.”

Help, Kindness, Details, Philosophical Advice, Moral Responsibility, Ethical Conduct

“I cry, Love! Love! Love! happy happy Love! free as the mountain wind!”

Love, Freedom, Joy, Philosophical Exclamation, Emotional Exuberance, Nature Metaphor

“Nature has no outline. Imagination has.”

Nature, Imagination, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Observation, Creative Power

“If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.”

Doubt, Certainty, Nature, Metaphorical Insight, Philosophical Statement, Cosmic Observation

“What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!”

Identity, Morality, Society, Philosophical Inquiry, Social Critique, Cultural Commentary

“What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be, and is productive of the most dreadful consequences to those to whom it seems to be, even of torments, despair, eternal death.”

Perception, Reality, Consequences, Philosophical Insight, Existential Reflection, Spiritual Warning

“The Vision of Christ that thou dost see, Is my vision's greatest enemy. Thine is the Friend of all Mankind, Mine speaks in Parables to the blind. Thine loves the same world that mine hates, Thy heaven-doors are my hell gates.”

Vision, Christ, Contrast, Philosophical Dialogue, Spiritual Perspective, Poetic Opposition

“When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree.”

Art, Commerce, Civilization, Philosophical Observation, Cultural Critique, Poetic Metaphor

“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.”

Knowledge, Mystery, Exploration, Philosophical Insight, Epistemology, Metaphorical Imagery

“Now hear a plain fact: Swedenborg has not written one new truth. Now hear another: he has written all the old falsehoods.”

Truth, Falsehood, Critique, Philosophical Statement, Intellectual Assessment, Provocative Claim

“The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.”

Perspective, Desire, Contrast, Philosophical Metaphor, Nature Symbolism, Cognitive Bias

“Colouring does not depend on where the colours are put, but on where the lights and darks are put, and all depends on form and outline, on where that is put.”

Art, Technique, Perception, Philosophical Insight, Artistic Principle, Visual Wisdom