We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
About Jean Toomer
Jean Toomerwas an American poet and novelist commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the association, and with modernism. His reputation stems from his novel Cane (1923), which Toomer wrote during and after a stint as a school principal at a black school in rural Sparta, Georgia.
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We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
American poet and novelist
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
American poet and novelist
Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.
American poet and novelist
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
American poet and novelist
I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.
American poet and novelist
The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.
American poet and novelist
No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
American poet and novelist
Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.
American poet and novelist
Most novices picture themselves as masters – and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.
American poet and novelist
Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.
American poet and novelist