Max Ehrmann (September 26, 1872 - September 9, 1945) was an attorney from Indiana, and was best known for writing the prose poem "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired as essential") in 1927
"You are a child of the Universe, no less than the moon and the stars you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should."
