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.
We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we can either allow them to get on top of us or we can allow them to transform us into what God wants us to be.
What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people.
And how can you achieve such concentration? By recognizing that everything you do is important to God, and is one vital piece of the larger picture of your life.
Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I know You would know why.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications.
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