Claim: The famous poem Desiderata was discovered in a church in 1692. Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on ...

Then in the 1960s and ’70s, “Desiderata” popped up on posters hung in college dorm rooms and home bathrooms around the world (although it erroneously was described as a work by an unknown author and ...

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, ...

Although Les Crane had a long career in the United States as a confrontational radio and television host, he won international fame for his smooth-voiced, highly sentimental narration of "Desiderata" ...

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 ...

In 1927 Max Ehrmann wrote Desiderata, a prose poem that began with the words “Go placidly.” It was extraordinarily popular in the 1970s but seems today to have returned to the obscurity from which it ...