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.

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...

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.

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...

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

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

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

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...

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

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

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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...

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

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

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

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

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

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.

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...

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...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

These are the tears The tears we shed This is the fear ~~...

These are the tears ~~ The tears we shed ~~ This is the fear ~~...

All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them.

All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them.