One must have a mind of winter, to regard the frost and the boughs, of the pine-trees crusted with snow.

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"In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all."

- Wallace Stevens

Love

"The summer night is like a perfection of thought."

- Wallace Stevens

Awareness

"The sun sets not on the world, but in us."

- Wallace Stevens

Self-awareness

"The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself."

- Wallace Stevens

Inspiration

"The imagination is man’s power over nature."

- Wallace Stevens

Creativity

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"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."

- Will Rogers

Reflection

"Life is like a sewer … what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

- Tom Lehrer

Reflection

"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done."

- Lucille Ball

Reflection

"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."

- Pema Chodron

Reflection

"Happy Tuesday! It is a good day to reflect on the week so far and spread happiness."

Reflection