James Oppenheim Quotes

#1. The fool is looking for happiness far away. The wise man makes it grow under his feet.

James Oppenheim

#2. The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet.

James Oppenheim

#3. Man's the bad child of the universe

James Oppenheim

#4. They can only set free men free
And there is no need of that.
Free men set themselves free.

James Oppenheim

#5. Quick as a hummingbird ... she darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly dipping into the flowers of my heart.

James Oppenheim

#6. As we come marching, marching, we battle too for men,
For they are women's children, and we mother them again.
Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses!

James Oppenheim

#7. A faith like Lincoln's would transform the world!

James Oppenheim

#8. As we go marching, marching, we bring the greater days,
The rising of the women means the rising of the race.
No more the drudge and idler, ten that toil where one reposes,
But a sharing of life's glories: Bread and roses, bread and roses.

James Oppenheim

#9. Would you end war? Create great Peace.

James Oppenheim

#10. To be a god
First I must be a god-maker:
We are what we create.

James Oppenheim

#11. We age inevitably:
The old joys fade and are gone:
And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear.

James Oppenheim