Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
WordsEdgar Allan PoeThose who dream by day are are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.
DreamingEdgar Allan PoeAll that we see or seem,
Is but a dream within a dream.
If it is meant for you, you won't have to beg for it. You will never have to sacrifice your dignity for your destiny.
Fate & Destiny, DignityEdgar Allan PoeI have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
HumanityEdgar Allan PoeDeep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
DarknessEdgar Allan PoeI would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
WritingEdgar Allan PoeThe nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
Edgar Allan PoeAll religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
ReligionEdgar Allan Poe