Wisdom Quote by Arthur Rimbaud — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The poet, therefore, is truly the thief of fire.”

“I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still.”

“L'aube exalteé ainsi qu'un peuple de colombes, et j'ai vu quelquefois ce que l'homme a cru voir!”

“I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; Garlands from window to window; Golden chains from star to star ... And I dance.”

“The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinion for or against. The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind.”

“They were quiet for a while, eating, then Oromis asked, "Can you tell me, What is the most important mental tool a person can possess?”

“We may talk lightly but never carelessly. We keep at bay the flow of common, ignorant thought which runs its damaging course through the pathways of ordinary human conversation.”

“Aging is not losing strength; it is gaining clarity about what truly matters.”

“All knowledge meets an end at the question '...Why?”

“That is how we become wise, by living each day attending to the lessons God puts in our path.”