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I exist as I am, that is enough,
If no other in the world be aware I sit content,
And if each and all be aware I sit content.
One world is aware, and by the far the largest to me, and that is myself,
And whether I come to my own today or in ten thousand or ten million years,
I can cheerfully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness, I can wait.


Walt Whitman

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A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
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In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness.
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Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment.
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If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts.
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Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into.
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Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
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Hate pollutes the mind.
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