'Self-blinded are you by your pride: Look up thro' night: the world is wide. 'This truth within thy mind rehearse, That in a boundless universe Is boundless better, boundless worse. 'Think you this mould of hopes and fears Could find no statelier than his peers In yonder hundred million spheres?' It spake, moreover, in my mind: 'Tho' thou wert scatter'd to the wind, Yet is there plenty of the kind. 'This truth within thy mind rehearse, That in a boundless universe Is boundless better, boundless worse.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A voice warns that pride blinds you to a vast universe where both better and worse possibilities exist endlessly.
- In plain terms
- Don't let pride hide the huge universe full of many possibilities.
- What can you take from it?
- Pride hides the vast universe of endless possibilities.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does pride limit you?
- What truth do you need to hear?
Another view
The advice to rehearse abstract truths may not solve immediate pain.
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