I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

—Carl Sandburg

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Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878– July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature", especially for...

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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

—Carl Sandburg

I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision.

—Carl Sandburg

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

—Carl Sandburg

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Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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

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Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

—Albert Einstein

Love is my religion—I could die for it.

Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.

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When I have a terrible need of—shall I say the word—religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

—Vincent Van Gogh

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I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

—Charles Lamb

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