William Wordsworth

Poet English 1770 – 1850

English Romantic poet known for nature poetry and The Prelude.

428 quotes

"Emotion recollected in tranquility is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling."
Creativity
"Nature never wears the same expression twice."
Nature
"The child is father of the man."
Life
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."
Solitude
"In nature there is a kind of innate wisdom that speaks to the soul."
Nature
"We are the creatures of impulse rather than of reason."
Philosophy
"The greatest wealth is wisdom; the greatest poverty is ignorance."
Knowledge
"To walk together as friends through this universe is the greatest pursuit of all."
Friendship
"All that we behold is full of blessings."
Gratitude
"The poet writes, the musician composes, each in their own way answering the call of nature."
Art
"There is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties."
Peace
"What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose; it becomes a part of our soul."
"The heart seeks what the mind cannot comprehend."
Love
"To be a poet is to have a soul so large that it feels the sufferings of millions."
Inspiration
"Changes are the portals through which wisdom enters."
Change
"Every moment brings its own bread."
Time
"The greatest happiness is to be known for one's kindness."
Kindness
"A man is made up of innumerable contradictions, and so is a poem."
Philosophy
"In every heart there is a room that has not been opened since tragedy took its toll."
Life
"To observe the seasons turning is to understand the cycles of our own existence."
Nature
"Simplicity is the poetry of life; complexity is its prose."
Art
"The wound that gives us pain also gives us wisdom."
Wisdom
"Discipline in youth is the foundation of freedom in age."
Freedom
"A single mote of dust contains the secrets of the universe."
Nature
"To love nature is to love yourself reflected in her mirror."
Love
"The most profound truths are often the simplest."
Truth
"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to maintain a good attitude while waiting."
Patience
"The human soul yearns for beauty as flowers yearn for sunlight."
Beauty
"In quiet moments, we hear the voice of our deepest self."
Solitude
"Adventure awaits those who dare to step beyond the familiar."
Adventure