I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn't learned a thing I didn't know before about morals and what is right or wrong in…

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

The man who fails while trying to do good has more honor than he who...

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...