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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Life Quotes

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

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

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

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

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

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...

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to...

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to...

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.

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.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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

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

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

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

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 had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

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...

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...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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 am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

I am an idealist. I believe in everything - I am only looking for proofs.

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...