The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

Topics: Admiration Quotes, Desire Quotes, Happiness Quotes

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

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

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

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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...

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...

Life is like an onion; you peel one layer off at a time and sometimes...

Life is like an onion; you peel one layer off at a time and sometimes...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

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

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

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 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...

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,...

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...

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.