The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange.
Dismiss whatever insults your soul.
I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others... And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
These are the days that must happen to you.
I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.
To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find."
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
I and this mystery, here we stand.
I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things; Not one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago; Not one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth.
I discover myself on the verge of a usual mistake.
I hate commas in the wrong places.
Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless-each of us with his or her right upon the earth.
The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you.
Without enough wilderness America will change. Democracy, with its myriad personalities and increasing sophistication, must be fibred and vitalized by regular contact with outdoor growths - animals, trees, sun warmth and free skies - or it will dwindle and pale.
I think it is lost.....but nothing is ever lost nor can be lost .
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me. The long brown path before me leading me wherever I choose. Henceforth, I ask not good fortune, I myself am good fortune. Henceforth, I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing.
Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.
I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.
The art of art... is simplicity.
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