Bachelard Poetics Quotes

#1. Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.

Mahatma Gandhi

#2. His voice reminded me of the slow stretching descent of honey from a highly placed silver spoon.

J.A. George

#3. Let's not forget it's you and me vs. the problem ... NOT you vs. me.

Steve Maraboli

#4. It is much simpler and easier to collect and caress the trophies of our democratic inheritance than it is to fashion up-to-date tools with which to work on our current problems.

Charles Ferguson

#5. Jarah didn't know whether to believe him or not . . . I mean, flying ships . . . ? Tegan giggled. And ships that can go underwater? Everyone would drown!

Katlynn Brooke

#6. What a dynamic, handsome object is a path! How precise the familiar hill paths remain for our muscular consciousness! Oh, my roads and their cadence.

Gaston Bachelard

#7. If from poetry we expect a succession of signals for the release of miscellaneous private emotion we are likely to find Tears, Idle Tears valuable.

Raymond Williams

#8. Some of the best things that have happened in my stories have happened seemingly of their own accord. The writer becomes a listener, just writing things down as they come.

Will Hobbs

#9. Quit looking for the answers outside of yourself.

Bryant McGill

#10. He manages to balance Rigor and Mercy.

Paulo Coelho

#11. Develop your skill around your calling

Sunday Adelaja