I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
E. E. CummingsRead
Now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a profound awakening of perception and awareness.
E. E. Cummings captures the moment of enlightenment when one's senses and consciousness come alive to the world. The imagery of awakening ears and eyes suggests a new level of understanding and appreciation for life, inviting an exploration of existence and a deeper connection to reality.
In practice
During a graduation speech to highlight the importance of embracing new perspectives.
I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
When god decided to invent everything he took one reath bigger than a circustent and everything began
The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.
Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.
I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.
To our critical eyes, the threads of which the past is woven are, by nature, endless and indivisible. Scientifically speaking, we cannot grasp the absolute beginning of anything: everything extends backwards to be prolonged by something else.
The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die; but all is still here, and, recognized or not, lives and works through endless change.
We cannot forever hide the truth about ourselves from ourselves.
Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.
The world is all alike. Those that seem better than their neighbours are only more artful. They mean the same thing, though they take a different road.
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