Max Ehrmann Quotes

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• Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
• Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story.
• Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
• Wishing you happiness always! Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible…
• I contracted a disease which I have never shaken off. The disease was idealism. Because of it, I did the thing in life I wanted…
• And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful…
• As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
• Be cheerful . Strive to be happy.
• I should like, if I could, to leave a humble gift -- a bit of chaste prose that had caught up some noble moods.
• Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
• You are a child of the universe...
• Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
• ... many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
• Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
• Forbid that I should judge others, lest I condemn myself.
• Let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me…
• Lift up my eyes from the earth and let me not forget the uses of the stars.
• Let me not follow in the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path...
• For the entire Desiderata go to Inspirational Poems page
• Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

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