Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds. Edward Carpenter More Quotes by Edward Carpenter More Quotes From Edward Carpenter IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere. Edward Carpenter land dream father Anyone who realises what Love is, the dedication of the heart, so profound, so absorbing, so mysterious, so imperative, and always just in the noblest natures so strong, cannot fail to see how difficult, how tragic even, must often be the fate of those whose deepest feelings are destined from the earliest days to be a riddle and a stumbling-block, unexplained to themselves, passed over in silence by others. Edward Carpenter block strong heart Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled. Edward Carpenter garden couple eden Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped — to reach it. For so, surely you will cast a light of gladness upon his onward journey, and contribute your part towards the building of that kingdom of love which links our earth to heaven. Edward Carpenter real journey thinking We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day. Edward Carpenter sea night two I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me. Edward Carpenter eye soul animal Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work. Edward Carpenter incomparable motherhood mom Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought. Edward Carpenter originality examination doe IT is curious that, with my somewhat antinomian tendencies, I should have gone to Trinity Hall - which was, and is, before all a Law College - and should thus have been thrown into close touch with the legal element in life. Edward Carpenter college should-have law Making a choice is like backing a horse - in a hundred years, they may decide you picked wrongly. Edward Carpenter horse choices years When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship! Edward Carpenter philosophy long father The other thing that happened in 1883 was my reading of Thoreau's Walden. Edward Carpenter happened reading The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious. Edward Carpenter taken doe facts What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy. Edward Carpenter coaching elements joy I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't. Edward Carpenter armchairs knows might My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline. Edward Carpenter shapes years ideas I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up. Edward Carpenter smile police squares And where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds came to listen with serious and sympathetic mien. Edward Carpenter crowds men firsts With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome. Edward Carpenter details rude mind Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men. Edward Carpenter listen only serious men
