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Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman The future is no more uncertain than the present.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Happiness, not in another place but this place, not for another hour, but this hour.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Day by day and night by night we were together – all else has long been forgotten by me.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman All the things of the universe are perfect miracles, each as profound as any.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman There will never be any more perfection than there is now.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman A man can be a hero in any profession.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless-each of us with his or her right upon the earth.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman Re-examine all that you have been told, dismiss that which insults your soul.
Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
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This is good for you. Death is a thing of beauty, and it needs to be executed in such a way that does it justice.
T.L. MartinT.L. Martin Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz How exhausting it must be to fear death, when you can simply howl at the moon.
Buried CaesarBuried Caesar I’ve noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce Justice is the handmaiden of truth, and when truth dies, justice is buried with it.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God’s loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.
Brennan ManningBrennan Manning It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
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