Many seek and never see, anyone can tell them why. O they weep and O they cry and never take until they try unless they try it in their sleep and never some until they die. I ask many, they ask me. This is a great mystery.
Interpretation
Many people search for understanding but fail to grasp it without genuine effort; only through action can they uncover the truth.
This quote reflects the idea that understanding and knowledge are achieved not merely through passive inquiry or lamentation, but rather through active participation and experience. It emphasizes the importance of engagement in learning and the personal struggle required to discover deeper truths in life, suggesting that many individuals miss out on these insights due to a lack of effort or willingness to act.
In practice
This quote could be used in a motivational speech about pursuing dreams.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of the night.
Marijuana is a useful catalyst for specific optical and aural aesthetic perceptions. I apprehended the structure of certain pieces of jazz and classical music in a new manner under the influence of marijuana, and these apprehensions have remained valid in years of normal consciousness.
What if someone gave a war and Nobody came?
Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh.
Sometime I’ll lay down my wrath, As I lay my body down Between the ache of breath and breath, Golden slumber in the bone.
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.
What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again
Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground - as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.
Minds that are great and free, should not on fortune pause: 'Tis crown enough to virtue still, her own applause.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom...is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go. -Anthony Bourdain
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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