Bliss Carman Professions : Poet Born : April 15, 1861 Died : June 8, 1929 Browse All Authors Top 20 quotes by Bliss Carman 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. Bliss Carman business work art 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. Bliss Carman tyrants wish world There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood- Bliss Carman autumn heart blood The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man. Bliss Carman nature joy men 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. Bliss Carman being-yourself eye desire The first need of being is endurance; to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event. Bliss Carman endurance events needs Lord of the far horizons, Give us the eyes to see Over the verge of the sundown The beauty that is to be. Bliss Carman eye beauty giving 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! Bliss Carman planning miracle writing 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. Bliss Carman good-friend heart men The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry Bliss Carman asters autumn lonely I heard the spring light whisper Bliss Carman dream inspirational life 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. Bliss Carman passion successful perfection 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. Bliss Carman sunshine army heart On the shining yards of heaven Bliss Carman shining dawn heaven 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. Bliss Carman running men life Love manifests itself in our bodies as instinctive craving, in our souls as devotion, and in our minds as pride. Bliss Carman pride soul mind A 'fact' merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. Bliss Carman investigation agreement facts 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. Bliss Carman untamed ledges feet Thank God for poverty Bliss Carman thank-god rain way Have little care that Life is brief, And less that Art is long. Success is in the silences Though Fame is in the song. Bliss Carman song long art Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
