The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Admiration Quotes, Desire Quotes, Happiness Quotes

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

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 synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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.

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

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...

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 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.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk 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.

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

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,...

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.

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...

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk...

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk...

If I had my life to live over again, I'd dare to make more mistakes...

If I had my life to live over again, I'd dare to make more mistakes...