Quote by W.H. Auden

“Healing,” Papa would tell me, “is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.” – W.H. Auden

Other quotes by W.H. Auden

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. – W.H. Auden

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Poetry
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A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish. – W.H. Auden

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Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. – W.H. Auden

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Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. – Hippocrates

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The wish for healing has ever been the half of health. – Seneca

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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. – Hippocrates

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The greatest leverage for healing is found at the subtlest levels of function. – Rudolph Ballentine

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