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Jean Toomer Quotes: To understand a new idea, break an old habit.
         

To understand a new idea, break an old habit.


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Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.



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We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.



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

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



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.

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.



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

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



We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.



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

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



No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.



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

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



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People mistake their limitations for high standards.





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During the day, memories could be held at bay, but at night, dreams became the devil's own accomplices.



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It's like going out to the desert and screaming and then having little kids throw their sandbox at you. I'm only 24.



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