27 Quotes by Bliss Carman

The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.