Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.
Jean Toomer

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.
Jean Toomer

I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.
Jean Toomer

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
Jean Toomer

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.
Jean Toomer

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
Jean Toomer

People mistake their limitations for high standards.
Jean Toomer

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.
Jean Toomer

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.
Jean Toomer

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
Jean Toomer