drive-by quoting
"The frown of his face
Before me, the hurtle of hell
Behind, where, where was a, where was a place?
I whirled out wings that spell
And fled with a fling of the heart to the heart of the Host.
My heart, but you were dovewinged, I can tell,
Carrier-witted, I am bold to boast,
To flash from the flame to the flame then, tower from the grace to the grace."
--Gerard Manley Hopkins, Wreck of the Deutschland, Stanza 3
"The kind man does something,
yet something remains undone.
The just man does something,
and leaves many things to be done.
The moral man does something,
and when no one responds
he rolls up his sleeves and uses force."
--Lao-Tzu, Tao-te Ching
I was going to add some Blake, but I would just end up putting the entirety of The Tyger. It's a great poem.
Before me, the hurtle of hell
Behind, where, where was a, where was a place?
I whirled out wings that spell
And fled with a fling of the heart to the heart of the Host.
My heart, but you were dovewinged, I can tell,
Carrier-witted, I am bold to boast,
To flash from the flame to the flame then, tower from the grace to the grace."
--Gerard Manley Hopkins, Wreck of the Deutschland, Stanza 3
"The kind man does something,
yet something remains undone.
The just man does something,
and leaves many things to be done.
The moral man does something,
and when no one responds
he rolls up his sleeves and uses force."
--Lao-Tzu, Tao-te Ching
I was going to add some Blake, but I would just end up putting the entirety of The Tyger. It's a great poem.