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> [If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/if-you-compare-yourself-to-others-you-may-become-vain-and-bitter-for/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

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## More by Max Ehrmann

> [Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/neither-be-cynical-about-love-for-in-the-face-of-all-aridity/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [I contracted a disease which I have never shaken off. The disease was idealism. Because of it, I did the thing in life I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/i-contracted-a-disease-which-i-have-never-shaken-off-the-disease-was/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/nurture-strength-of-spirit-to-shield-you-in-sudden-misfortune/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/you-are-a-child-of-the-universe-no-less-than-the-trees-and-the-stars/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift -- a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/i-should-like-if-i-could-to-leave-a-humble-gift-a-bit-of-chaste-prose/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/speak-your-truth-quietly-clearly-and-listen-to-others-even-the-dull/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [“I see there is a good deal of grandiloquence in my book — my friends and foes have told me. I think it must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/i-see-there-is-a-good-deal-of-grandiloquence-in-my-book-my-friends/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [You are a child of the universe...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/you-are-a-child-of-the-universe/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [“Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/be-gentle-with-yourself-you-are-a-child-of-the-universe-no-less-than/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/and-though-age-and-infirmity-overtake-me-and-i-come-not-within-sight/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [Whether of not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/whether-of-not-it-is-clear-to-you-no-doubt-the-universe-is-unfolding/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [“Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/beyond-a-wholesome-discipline-be-gentle-with-yourself-you-are-a-child/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/therefore-be-at-peace-with-god-whatever-you-conceive-him-to-be/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [Forbid that I should judge others, lest I condemn myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/forbid-that-i-should-judge-others-lest-i-condemn-myself/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

> [“-Desiderata- Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-ehrmann/desiderata-go-placidly-amid-the-noise-and-haste-and-remember-what/)

[Max Ehrmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-ehrmann/)

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