It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?'

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Contemplation Quotes, Life Quotes

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...

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

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

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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...

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...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

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 couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This...

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This...

It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the business of little minds to shrink

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 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.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any...

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any...

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies

Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies