The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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It is the business of little minds to shrink

It is the business of little minds to shrink

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...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

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...

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....

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

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 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,...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary...

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.