A dream has power to poison sleep.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyRead
To hope till hope creates_x000D_ _x000D_ From its own wreck the thing it contemplates.
Interpretation
Hope has the power to transform despair into reality and create new possibilities.
This quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley suggests that hope is a powerful force that can lead to the creation of new realities, especially in the face of adversity. The act of hoping can inspire actions and changes that ultimately bring about a desired outcome, even from situations that seem hopeless or destroyed.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage people facing difficult times.
A dream has power to poison sleep.
Senseless is the breast and cold _x000D_ _x000D_ Which relenting love would fold;_x000D_ _x000D_ Bloodless are the veins and chill _x000D_ _x000D_ Which the pulse of pain did fill; _x000D_ _x000D_ Every little living nerve _x000D_ _x000D_ That from bitter words did swerve _x000D_ _x000D_ Round the tortur'd lips and brow, _x000D_ _x000D_ Are like sapless leaflets now _x000D_ _x000D_ Frozen upon December's bough.
A sensitive plant in a garden grew,_x000D_ _x000D_ And the young winds fed it with silver dew,_x000D_ _x000D_ And it opened its fan_x000D_ _x000D_ like leaves to the light,_x000D_ _x000D_ and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.
O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?
Ah, woe is me! Winter is come and gone. But grief returns with the revolving year.
We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.
Only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still love the world.
If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.
I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I know.
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