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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

W. H. Auden
Inspirational, Funny, Helping Others
W H Auden (1981). “Antæus”, Ecco Press

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

W. H. Auden
Inspirational, Leadership, Joy

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

W. H. Auden
Love, Inspirational, Life
Dyer's Hand (1963) "Notes on the Comic"

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

W. H. Auden
Inspirational, Mind, Unconscious

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.

W. H. Auden
Inspirational, Genius, Want
In Dag Hammarskj"ld Markings (1964) foreword

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

W. H. Auden
Inspirational, Graduation, Education

Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance 'till you drop.

W. H. Auden
Inspirational, Dance, Stars
W.H. Auden (2016). “Canción de cuna y otros poemas”, p.106, DEBOLS!LLO

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
Love, Inspirational, Dream

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