The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Admiration Quotes, Desire Quotes, Happiness Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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

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

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...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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...

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.

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,...

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...