Great Men and Their Words

Samuel Clemens upon his deathbed

said 'Bring my my spectacles'

I suppose he was a man

who was in the end wondering what

was there to see next

what was God's Master Plan.

 

Leondaro da Vinci is quoted as having said

'Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his Master'

was he attempting to teach greatness as a scholar

even though he was known

to be haughty towards Michelangelo

or perhaps he himself wanted to conquer the Master of us all.

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once spoke these words:

'To talk well and eloquently is a very great art

but to know the right moment to stop is an even greater one.'

With quill and ink in hand

he penned - sweet note by note - ending with

perfection that is timeless

and took a stand

creating his own Requim

death within his grasp.

 

Einstein is quoted:

'God don't play dice'

So forget the luck and chance

Even the great scientist

seemed to believe

there was something beyond

the nature of our reality.

 

All men of beauty

creations True and strong

not only are their creations

masterpieces to us all

but indeed their words are too-

an author, an artist, a musician, a scientist

gone but forever here

resting within our eyes, ears, souls, and minds

men of greatness through and through.

 

Are there lessons to be learned from

the words that they spoke

beyond the pen, the brush, the pages

of glory-

men of greatness that strove to tell a story.

 

Twain with his seeking

da Vinci with his wanting

Mozart with his advice

Einstein with his belief.

 

They each sought perfection

living still in our memories

however the words they spoke

tell me more about these great men

perhaps even than their work

as each chose a path

of creativity-

as we have

each and every one of us-

a Godly undertaking I say to thee.

 

 

Reviews

[Gandré]

"Even the great scientist

seemed to believe

there was something beyond

the nature of our reality." ------------------------- you know Siddh, that's what I write about those days and I posted several text on this topic and will be posting a longer text with drawing, how I see this our being. I liked those lines; but of course so many experienced this thing beyong our relative reality. All the Zoro masters, and Hindu philosophers, the Gnostics, the Egyptians, they experienced it and worshipped their sun god, for they knew, all is light.

Are there lessons to be learned from

the words that they spoke

beyond the pen, the brush, the pages

of glory-

men of greatness that strove to tell a story. ---------------and I loved this, for it is definitely so! What a paradox that we don't know more than they knew? And when we think that everyrthing is about back to the orgin creation, then we do wrong living in this Yes Yes space, our imaginary world for all those human inventions lead away from the original creation, there is a damn similarity between physics, the fountainhead of philosophies and the neuroscience. I drawed it for myself and used the equation Z = x+iy, where Z - is the Complex Plane (the universe of 4 consciousness). One can prove with this everything. It works. Unfortunately, those who call themselves "sane" are those....who are not knowing. Only those are able to see in the Yes /No space and the NO /Yes space, those who can feel and think in the same time, we call them Schizophrenic personality, those can experience this and know... the truth. But they were closed away, for only few can see and the amount of those sane - not knowing is higher, and they wanted their space, all was, is and will be in this humanity about power. Nowadays they learn to cope with the society, then we call them celebrities, the artists of all kind ...great write, dear. wow.

[OT]

'To talk well and eloquently is a very great art
but to know the right moment to stop is an even greater one.'

how true!! I love the whole idea of this poem - using famous quotes to mould new stories and words!! brilliant poem!! loved it!

[Justin Tobey]

Beautiful and deep. I especially like the lines:

'To talk well and eloquently is a very great art
but to know the right moment to stop is an even greater one.'

I still have to find the right moment. :) I think you've packed a lot of depth and complex thinking into this poem, and I felt like you did very well with reconjuring the ideas of long-gone genii and philosophers. Well done!

[Nicholas Hallows]

'To talk well and eloquently is a very great art
but to know the right moment to stop is an even greater one.' - that is a favourite quote of mine. I have yet to obtain the skill of finding the right moment.

Made me think of the quote: 'until the 20th century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see,
and hear. Since the initial publication of the charged electromagnetic spectrum, humans learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear...is less than one millionth of reality.'

Nice, intelligent write.

NH

[Mike Zentz]

I like your perspective, very inspiring. It makes me wonder what separated those people from the ordinary in the pages of history... okay thats all I've got tonight

[Raja]

I am not overwhelmed by this awesome creation, as I know this you can write and you are the person from whom I can expect to read this kind of serious work! I like it! Believe me, it says you are open to think the parts that so many have noticed but not reviewed. It is your job to produce this fbulous work, and we are there to read this masterpiece.

'...beyond the pen, the brush, the pages

of glory-' the greatness is conveyed.

Thanks.

Raja.

[Carole]

Very insightful, Siddartha and took some research. I am impressed.

They each sought perfection

living still in our memories

however the words they spoke

tell me more about these great men

perhaps even than their work

as each chose a path

of creativity-

as we have

each and every one of us-

a Godly undertaking I say to thee.

Very well done. I always say if we could learn from the mistakes of others, why wouldn't we want to? Going around the same old mountain gets old and the well worn paths are proof! LOL

Thanks for the write! Carole

[Forest Green]

Truly insightful of the paths great minds follow. What I always liked especially about Einstein was he would only say what he felt could be mathematically proved correct: the bending of light, the reversing of time when surpassing the speed of light, the nearness to infinite mass a particle takes on when approaching that speed. And yes, God does not play dice is a provable fact.

Nice effort, Siddartha...!

Daniel

[Mark Pearce]

A wonderful concept with well chosen quotes.

A couple of lines I don't care for --

creations True and strong

greatness through and through.

But a very nice, well thoughout out piece.

[The Tao of Bri]

What a magnificent write! WORDS OF WISDOM TO BE SURE!!