I think, here is your emblem To hang in the future sky; Not the cross, not the hive, But this; bright power, dark peace; Fierce consciousness joined with final Disinterestedness; Life with calm death; the falcon's Realist eyes and act Married to the massive Mysticism of stone, Which failure cannot cast down Nor success make proud.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Jeffers proposes an emblem combining fierce consciousness with calm death and natural strength.
- In plain terms
- The future emblem is a mix of power, peace, life, death, and strength of stone.
- What can you take from it?
- Embrace a balance of strong action and peaceful acceptance of natural limits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What balance of traits defines a good life?
- Can strength coexist with peace?
Another view
It is too abstract to define clearly.
More from Robinson Jeffers
Here is a symbol in which Many high tragic thoughts Watch their own eyes.
Permalink to quote #28 When the sun shouts and people abound One thinks there were the ages of stone and the age of bronze And the iron age; iron the unstable metal; Steel made of ir…
Permalink to quote #30 Science and mathematics Run parallel to reality, they symbolize it, they squint at it, They never touch it: consider what an explosion Would rock the bones of …
Permalink to quote #27
Related quotes
I admire my mother ; she's given me a lot of strength and made me the person I am today.
RihannaRihanna quote #2 My God is a God of strength. HE does not like the smell of frankincense and the dishonoring crawl of the crowd. I stand before HIM proudly, with the head held …
Joseph GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels quote #10 But my friends, my brothers and sisters of the Pacific, we know who we are. We carry in our hearts the knowledge that we are the bearers of a proud legacy that…
Ratu Sir Kamisese MaraRatu Sir Kamisese Mara quote #10