Carl Sandburg

Beware of advice—even this. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#quotes #true #writing-advice #inspirational

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#about #closing #door #during #guess

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#feeling #loves #man #shame #she

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#defeat #every #laughter #listen #mistaken

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

— Carl Sandburg

#fence #love #neighbor #take #your

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#boulder #bush #deep #dig #gentle

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#hats #into #out #politicians #pull

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#come #give #nobody #sometime #will

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#language #never #no respect #people #polite

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I knew it would take, hours spent in a field where I was not a natural. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#away #because #field #hard #hard work