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The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual — namely to You. – Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1892

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Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. – Thomas Browne

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When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep. Nay, and when I walk alone in a beautiful Orchard, if my Thoughts are some part of the Time taken up with strange Occurrences, I some part of the Time call them back again to my Walk, or to the Orchard, to the Sweetness of the Solitude, and to my self. – Michel de Montaigne, “Of Experience,” translated from French by Charles Cotton

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There is great security in the prisons we create for ourselves. – Stephen G. Scalese, The Whisper in Your Heart

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I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being. – Hāfez

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