Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. Jean Toomer More Quotes by Jean Toomer More Quotes From Jean Toomer Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles. Jean Toomer anxietyworrylife Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters. Jean Toomer novicesmasters Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it. Jean Toomer dreamtimethinking We learn the rope of life by untying its knots. Jean Toomer experiencelearninglife We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence. Jean Toomer philosophicalexistencephilosophy We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing. Jean Toomer imaginationenoughmissing To understand a new idea, break an old habit. Jean Toomer old-habitsinspirationalideas In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well. Jean Toomer sick-worldget-wellart Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Jean Toomer thunderbellsflower The only way to seek God is to seek God first. Deny the nayward, affirm the yeaward, be true to those stirrings and motions which He starts in us, refuse priority to all else, and be faithful to the sacred. Jean Toomer faithfulprioritiesfirsts The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing. Jean Toomer ignoranceknowingjustice We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them. Jean Toomer meritgiving Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own. Jean Toomer acceptancelifemean One may receive the information but miss the teaching. Jean Toomer teachingmissingmay Whatever I believed, I did; I did with my whole heart and mind as far as possible to do so. Jean Toomer minddreamheart Thank everyone who calls out your faults, your anger, your impatience, your egotism; do this consciously, voluntarily. Jean Toomer egotismimpatiencefaults People mistake their limitations for high standards. Jean Toomer mistakelifepeople There is no such thing as happiness. Life bends joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, in such a way that no one may isolate them. No one should want to. Perfect joy, or perfect pain, with no contrasting element to define them, would mean a monotony of consciousness, would mean death Jean Toomer painperfectmean Men are apt to idolize or fear that which they cannot understand, especially if it be a woman. Jean Toomer diversityjusticemen I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become. Jean Toomer poeticpoetmight
