“-Desiderata- Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
I contracted a disease which I have never shaken off. The disease was idealism. Because of it, I did the thing in life I… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift -- a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods. — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story. — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
“I see there is a good deal of grandiloquence in my book — my friends and foes have told me. I think it must… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
“Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
Whether of not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should... — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
“Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you… — Max Ehrmann Copy Share Image
