They asked him to illustrate “Desiderata” with pictures. Like other fortysomethings, Tauss remembered from his teen years the poem that suggested we “go placidly amid the noise and the haste.” “They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A century ago, the words of an American classic in progress stayed in Max Ehrmann’s shirt pocket — perhaps for several years — as ...

Someone e-mailed me a copy of "Desiderata (Things to Yearn for)." At the end of the composition were the words, "Written by a monk several hundred years ago." Some copies conclude with the statement, ...

In order to acquaint the readers of the Tribune-Star of my interest in Terre Haute and its famous philosopher/poet Max Ehrmann, I must indulge in a little biography. I decided to apply from Europe for ...

I was ordained on April 1, 1970. That’s right! I was ordained on April Fools Day. Perhaps you can imagine the jokes and the teasing that simple fact has prompted. Clare and I were members of Crescent ...

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Julia Loveless Good morning. After speaking into many aspects of human life and emotion, Max Erhman writing in his prose poem (The Desiderata’) ...

After speaking into many aspects of human life and emotion, Max Erhman writing in his prose poem (The Desiderata’) ends it simply by saying - “whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy ...