I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, no just for tomorrow, but in the here and now. Keep moving and forget the post mortems; and remember, no one can get the…

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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

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

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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 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....

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes...

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes...

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

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.

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.

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...

If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism at...

If therefore my work is negative, irreligious, atheistic, let it be remembered that atheism at...

It is easy to fool yourself. It is possible to fool the people you work...

It is easy to fool yourself. It is possible to fool the people you work...