The mind of man is a thousand times more beautiful than the earth on which he dwells.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the superiority of human thought and creativity over the physical beauty of nature.
William Wordsworth suggests that the intellectual and imaginative capacities of humanity, represented by our minds, far exceed the mere aesthetic beauty of the natural world. He views the human mind as a vast and intricate landscape, filled with emotions, ideas, and creativity that can surpass the physical beauty of the earth itself.
In practice
During a motivational speech about creativity, one could use this quote to highlight the power of human potential.
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By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.
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Books are yours, Within whose silent chambers treasure lies Preserved from age to age; more precious far Than that accumulated store of gold And orient gems, which, for a day of need, The Sultan hides deep in ancestral tombs. These hoards of truth you can unlock at will.
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune.
Shalt show us how divine a thing A woman may be made.
Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
History... is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
Physically, man is but an atom in space, and a pulsation in time. Spiritually, the entire outward universe receives significance from him, and the scope of his existence stretches beyond the stars.
What makes a nation great is not primarily its great men, but the stature of its innumerable mediocre ones.
Integrity doesn't come in degrees: low, medium, or high. You either have integrity or you don't.
As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance
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