Emily Dickinson on Wisdom Quotes

"The revery alone will do, / If bees are few."

"Water, is taught by thirst. / Land—by the Oceans passed. / Transport—by throe— / Peace—by its battles told—"

"The Brain — is wider than the Sky — For — put them side by side — The one the other will contain"

"A little Madness in the Spring / Is wholesome even for the King"

"Tell all the truth but tell it slant— / Success in Circuit lies"

"Perception of an object costs / Precise the object’s loss— / Perception in itself a Gain / Reply to its Bestow—"

"The missing All — prevented Me / From missing minor Things —"

"Earth is a syllable, in the sentence of eternity."

"The Brain is deeper than the sea— / For—hold them—Blue to Blue— / The one the other will absorb— / As Sponges—Buckets—do—"

"We outgrow love, like other things / And put it in the Drawer —"

"The Soul should always stand ajar / That if the Heaven inquire / He will not be obliged to wait / Or the Divinity of Fire"

"The Outer—from the Inner / Derives its Magnitude—"

"Renunciation — is a piercing Virtue — The letting go — A Presence — for an Expectation —"

"A Route of Evanescence / With a revolving Wheel—"

"To wait, is Happiness—to wait / Is better than to find"

"The Brain is just the weight of God— / For—Heave them—Pound for Pound— / And they will differ—if they do— / As Syllable from Sound—"

"Fame is a fickle food / Upon a shifting plate"

"Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne'er succeed. / To comprehend a nectar / Requires sorest need."