""Go placidly/ amid the noise and haste,/ and remember what peace/ there may be in silence."" Max Ehrmann's inspirational poem, first published in 1927, Desiderata: Words for Life, is here introduced ...

I have been reading the Desiderata by Max Erhman. At one point he implores his readers; “Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity ...