What did Mary Oliver mean by: In the glare of your mind, be modest. And beholden to what is tactile, and thrilling. Mary Oliver Poet · USA Copy
+ Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Author, September 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Mary Oliver, Appreciation, Humility, Life, 0 Mary Oliver Poet · USA
Today I am altogether without ambition. Where did I get such wisdom? Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Oliver, Contentment, Reflection, Wisdom, 0 Mary Oliver Poet · USA
Each body is a lion of courage, something precious of the earth. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Oliver, Courage, Strength, Value, 0 Mary Oliver Poet · USA
Isn’t it wonderful the way the world holds both the deeply serious, and the unexpectedly mirthful? Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Oliver, Contrast, Serious, 0 Mary Oliver Poet · USA
Always there is something worth saying about glory, about gratitude. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Oliver, Glory, Gratitude, Reflection, 0 Mary Oliver Poet · USA
+ It is better for the heart to break, than not to break. Author, August 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Mary Oliver, Emotion, Growth, Resilience, 0 Mary Oliver Poet · USA
One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Oliver, Clarity, Poetry, Understanding, 0 Mary Oliver Poet · USA
I was hurrying through my own soul . . . I was leaning out . . . I was listening. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Mary Oliver, Awareness, Introspection, Listening, 0 Mary Oliver Poet · USA
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. Read explanation Jean Rostand Biologist · France
There are fewer things more thrilling in life than lumpy letters. That rattle. Jean Shepherd Radio personality and writer
