William Bliss Carman
William Bliss Carman
Canadian poet
(1861-1929)
“The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man.”
“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.”
“Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer. It is joy and art.”
“What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.”
“Whether it be to failure or success, the first need of being is endurance – to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event.”
