"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 in the desolation of other times..."

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Source : Max Ehrmann (2017). “The Desiderata of Happiness”, p.11, Souvenir Press Ltd

Max Ehrmann

#Despair Quotes #Each Day Quotes #May Quotes

“Sleeping in EdenÂ is intense and absorbing from the very first page. Written in lovely prose, two seemingly different storylines collide in a shocking conclusion.”
“I know that truly nothing is for sure.”
“I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words.”

Source : Theodore Roethke (2001). “On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose of Theodore Roethke”, p.203, Copper Canyon Press
“Barbara Comstock is a solid and reliable conservative. I've known her for many years. She'd make a great member of Congress. I am happy to join other conservatives and proudly endorse her candidacy.”
“When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex.”
“...the poet, while creating anew, is likely to be in a sense restoring something old.”

Source : Owen Barfield (1973). “Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning”, p.158, Wesleyan University Press
“It is impossible to park a Ferrari (healthy new belief systems) in a space that is taken up by an old wreck (negative old belief systems).”
“Wisdom had rather be buffeted than not listened to.”

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