Carman Quotes

Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul.

The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry Of bugles going by. And my lonely spirit thrills To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.

The size of your body is just right. The only question is whether you're big enough inside.

Over the shoulders and slopes of the dune I saw the white daisies go down to the sea, A host in the sunshine, an army in June, The people God sends us to set our heart free.

I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His foot print in the sod.

There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood- Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.

Lord of the far horizons, Give us the eyes to see Over the verge of the sundown The beauty that is to be.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't somebody watching.

I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.

A 'fact' merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind, and you will have the oblivion you desire.

The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man.

Where there is writing- there is a writer Where there is planning- there is a planner Where there is a building- there is a builder Where there is a miracle- there is a God!

Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.

Cancer is a disease where the patient can contribute a great deal of help himself if he or she can retain their morale and their hopes.

There's something darn funny about an old librarian with a potty mouth.

Faith never stays put. It's always challenging always questioning. That's what makes it real.

But sometimes you have to wait for an answer to come to you. Especially when the questions are difficult ones.

Exercise caution, as I have advised many people.

There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.

On the shining yards of heaven See a wider dawn unfurled. . . . The eternal slaves of beauty Are the masters of the world.

The first need of being is endurance; to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event.

I heard the spring light whisper Above the dancing stream, The world is made forever in likeness of a dream.

You can't be gone. I need you here, with me. What am I going to do without you?

She was gorgeous and fearless and I was in awe.

It is not being out at heels that makes a man discontented, it is being out at heart. To be contented is to be good friends with yourself.

The Grim Reaper doesn't disappear... he catches up.

I had never been to second base.

If you make something your life's work, make sure it's something you can feel proud of when you're an old relic like me.

I've stabbed two people with a fork today. What's wrong with me?

If you're wondering where the Lord is, At this very hour, I tell you he's alive and well, With resurrection power!..

There's something comforting about the companionship of animals in a new place.

As exciting, difficult, and memorable as our past can be, there comes a time when we have to get on with living.

Law is a very addictive profession.

There was a time when I thought I turned terrible things over in my mind because I read and wrote too many scary stories. (Note self: start writing about unicorns and bunnies)

I really hope that all librarians aren't like Gladys Morgan. Because I'd really like , at some point, to walk into a library and not be afraid for my life.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Sorry Mr. Yipes, sir, she won't budge!' Put your back into it, man, give it all you've got!' Bang! Bang! Bang!

Above any commercial success one might enjoy, one's reputation for honesty is the most important thing

If bringing down the wall would require you to fly, you must believe you can fly. Otherwise, when the decisive moment comes, you will surely discover you ahve no wings.

Have little care that Life is brief, And less that Art is long. Success is in the silences Though Fame is in the song.

Love manifests itself in our bodies as instinctive craving, in our souls as devotion, and in our minds as pride.

Their opposition to Christianity is not intellectual. They simply do not want Christ to reign over them!

I go to a Catholic school and I'm telling you: invisibility = eternal damnation. You can take it to the bank.

I killed a guy, maybe two. Possibly three. I have one power. Not two or three or four. Just one. I met a girl, and she changed everything.

You can't just know about God. You have to KNOW God!

On the shining yards of heavenSee a wider dawn unfurled. . . . The eternal slaves of beautyAre the masters of the world.

Physically, mentally, emotionally -- it seems like every part of me is broken in one way or another.

It's never too late to stop believing a lie, " said Thomas. "You need only courage and friends, and you have both.