Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About William Stafford
William Stafford is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.
More from William Stafford (22 quotes) →Other sayings from William Stafford
- “So, the world happens twice--once what we see it as;second it legends itselfdeep, the way it is.”William Stafford
- “I just kept on doing what everyone starts out doing. The real question is, why did other people stop?”William Stafford
- “I Have a Witness" Sometimes a center the soul can recognize will speak from anywhere , inside a mountain, or…”William Stafford
- “When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone,and the meaning has to go find an author again.- The Trouble…”William Stafford
Explore Poetry
- “love as a passion—it is our European specialty—must absolutely be of noble origin; as is well known, its inve…”Friedrich Nietzsche
- “...but it is good to be several floors up in the dead of night wondering whether you are any good or not and…”Frank O'Hara
- “Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance like breath.”Shah Asad Rizvi
Explore Kindness
- “It was easy to be good and kind in times of plenty. The trying times were the moments that defined a man.And…”Renee Ahdieh
- “When refugees are at a distance it's easy to be compassionate.”Nish Kumar
- “I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right rel…”Brennan Manning