Desiderata - Poetry Collection - Art PrintDesiderata was written in the early 1920s by Max Ehrmann. The piece remained largely unknown in Ehrmanns lifetime, but went on to later success and greater influence. Actor Morgan Freeman attributes the poem to having shaped his life. "Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to

higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)

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a 13th century poet

Quote: Never grow up

Made to easily fit in your back pocket

It reads in its entirety: "This bright

It displays a peculiar patchwork elephant holding a flower in its trunk

prepare to shake

Breathing the air so clean

When tomorrow comes

The crownless again shall be king

Love yourself the forget it