I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but...

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.

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

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

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

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

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...

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.

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

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...

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

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...

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

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

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of...

It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of...

Failure is not an option.

Failure is not an option.