Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Poetry Quotes

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 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.

There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...

There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...

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...

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...

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...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

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

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

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly...

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly...

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...

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...

My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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...

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.