Emily Dickinson

Poet American 1830 – 1886

American poet known for reclusive life and innovative short poems.

385 quotes

"The definition of genius is that rarest capacity for taking infinite pains."
Success
"Growth of man leads to growth of God."
Philosophy
"Saying nothing sometimes says the most."
Solitude
"The heart wants what it wants or it does not care."
Love
"Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door."
Hope
"A solemn feeling made the air around feel different unto me."
Nature
"Luck is not chance, it's toil."
Work
"The way to know life is to love many things."
Creativity
"Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it."
Truth
"I felt a funeral in my brain."
Death
"Doubt Me My Dim Companion, doubt me if you dare."
Strength
"Surgeons must be very careful when they take the knife."
Wisdom
"The poets light but lamps, ourselves must supply the oil."
Creativity
"Me from Myself to banish were a peculiar pain."
Solitude
"Like trains of cars on tracks of plush, we follow thee around."
Leadership
"A wounded deer leaps the highest."
Perseverance
"The abdication of Belief makes the Behavior small."
Faith
"Going out Her notice to the Squirrel and Bee is her news."
Nature
"Nature is a haunted house but Art a house that tries to be haunted."
Art
"The brain within its groove runs evenly and true."
Knowledge
"It sifts from leaden sieves."
Beauty
"We grow accustomed to the Dark."
Change
"Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough."
Happiness
"A narrow fellow in the grass occasionally rides."
Nature
"The only secret people keep is immortality."
Death
"I am afraid to own a Body so opal for fear he should observe unboarded."
Fear
"I heard a Fly buzz when I died."
Death
"The props assist the house until the house is built."
Success
"After great pain a formal feeling comes."
"Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you would accomplish anything."
Motivation