41 Quotes by Jean Toomer

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

Dripping rain like golden honey- And the sweet earth flying from the thunder

There is no such thing as happiness. Life bends joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, in such a way that no one may isolate them. No one should want to. Perfect joy, or perfect pain, with no contrasting element to define them, would mean a monotony of consciousness, would mean death

But words is like th spots on dice: no matter how y fumbles em, there's times when they jes wont come.

O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.

Whatever I believed, I did; I did with my whole heart and mind as far as possible to do so...

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

Once a man has tasted creative action, then thereafter, no matter how safely he schools himself in patience, he is restive, acutely dissatisfied with anything else. He becomes as a lover to whom abstinence is intolerable.

We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.