41 Quotes by Jean Toomer

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

To understand a new idea, break an old habit.

The only way to seek God is to seek God first. Deny the nayward, affirm the yeaward, be true to those stirrings and motions which He starts in us, refuse priority to all else, and be faithful to the sacred.

Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

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.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.