„The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.“

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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„Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the world.“
— Robert Frost
„If you want to change the world, you have to change the metaphor.“
— Joseph Campbell
„Only by forgetting this primitive world of metaphor can one live with any repose, security, and consistency“
— Friedrich Nietzsche
„To a dull mind all of nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson