Fearless–the cobweb swings from
Fearless–the cobweb swings from the ceiling– Indolent Housewife–in Daisies–lain! Emily Dickinson
Cobwebs
Sweep up the debris
Sweep up the debris of decaying faith; Sweep down the cobwebs of worn-out out beliefs, And throw your soul wide open to the light of reason and of knowledge. Be not afraid To thrust aside half-truths and grasp the whole. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Metaphysics is a cobweb
Metaphysics is a cobweb that the mind weaves around things. Edward Abbey
The men of experiment
The men of experiment are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes the middle course, it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own. … Read more
One of the Seven
One of the Seven [wise men of Greece] was wont to say: That laws were like cobwebs, where the small flies are caught and the great break through. Francis Bacon
Solon used to say
Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; . . . that laws were like cobwebs, – for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast; while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off. Diogenes
The last cobwebs of fog
The last cobwebs of fog in the black firtrees are flakes of white ash in the world’s hearth. Denise Levertov
An absolute patience. Trees
An absolute patience. Trees stand up to their knees in fog. The fog slowly flows uphill. White cobwebs, the grass leaning where deer have looked for apples. The woods from brook to where the top of the hill looks over the fog, send up not one bird. So absolute, it is no other than happiness … Read more
Habits begin as offhanded
Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images. And then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen our lives. Denis Waitley
Habits start out as
Habits start out as off-hand remarks, magazine advertisements, friendly hints, experiments – like flimsy cobwebs with little substance. They grow with practice, layer by layer – thought on thought – fused with imagination and emotion until they become like steel cables – unbreakable. Habits are attitudes which grow from cobwebs into cables that control your … Read more