Quotes by W. H. Auden
The truest voyage is not to new lands, but to see with new eyes.
We are all players on a stage, yet few realize they write their own lines.
The present is fleeting, a whisper between the past and the future. Grasp it gently, and let it go.
The burden of choice is not a curse, but the price of freedom.
We are all actors in our own play, struggling to remember our lines.
The most profound truths are often the simplest to express, and the hardest to live by.
In the pursuit of beauty, do not forget the beauty of the pursuit.
To understand the silence between words is to understand the soul.
The map is not the territory, but a necessary fiction for the journey.
To truly see, one must learn to look beyond the surface, past the masks we all wear.
The greatest prisons are not built of stone, but of the expectations we place upon ourselves.
The only constant is change. Learn to dance with it, or be swept away.
Even in darkness, a single star can guide the lost. Be that star.
The past is a foreign country; we all travel there, but none can truly return.
To understand the light, one must first acknowledge the shadows. Avoiding the dark doesn't make it disappear.
The world is a mirror; what we see reflected is often a projection of our own inner landscape.
To truly see, one must learn to look beyond the reflection in the mirror.
We are each a landscape, constantly being reshaped by the winds of experience.
The only constant is change, and the wise embrace it, the foolish resist.
We are all actors on a stage, but the best ones forget their lines and improvise.
Every ending is but a doorway to a new beginning, if we choose to see it so.
The line between genius and madness is often drawn by the observer, not the observed.
The truest prison is not built of walls, but of the fears we construct ourselves.
It is not the silence that frightens, but the echoes of what was left unsaid.
To strive for perfection is noble, but to find beauty in imperfection is divine.
The heart has reasons which reason cannot know, but art can sometimes glimpse.
The greatest prison is the fear of what others think. Dare to be free.
The map is not the territory, nor is the word the experience. But both offer a path, should we choose to walk it.