Jean Toomer Quotes

"Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own."
- Jean Toomer
(Related: Acceptance)

"Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles."
- Jean Toomer
(Related: Fear)

"I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become."
- Jean Toomer

"Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity."
- Jean Toomer
(Related: Life, Men, Necessity, Wishes)

"Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters."
- Jean Toomer
(Related: Content)

"No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight."
- Jean Toomer
(Related: Beauty, Eyes, Sight)

"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."
- Jean Toomer
(Related: Dream, Talk)

"We learn the rope of life by untying its knots."
- Jean Toomer
(Related: Life)

"People mistake their limitations for high standards."
- Jean Toomer
(Related: Mistake, People, Limitations)