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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Carl Sandburg Quotes

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

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...

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the business of little minds to shrink

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to...

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...