Quotes By Carl Sandburg

All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.

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

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This was all misty.

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

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