The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. Carl Sandburg admiredesirehappiness Change image and share on social
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man. Carl Sandburg bookdeadgenius Change image and share on social
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud. Carl Sandburg eaglehippopotamusmud Change image and share on social
Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. Carl Sandburg layerlifeonion Change image and share on social
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. Carl Sandburg gifttesttill Change image and share on social
Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. Carl Sandburg makephantompoetry Change image and share on social
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed. Carl Sandburg angerdirecteffect Change image and share on social
Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence. Carl Sandburg fenceloveneighbor Change image and share on social
I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way. Carl Sandburg bertrandelementaleuclid Change image and share on social
Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment. Carl Sandburg closedoorguess Change image and share on social
