There are two ways of exerting one's strength
one is pushing down, the other pulling up.
Booker T. Washington
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Alot of men have holes in their souls the shape of their father.Chris Gardner
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Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday living - picasso 
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Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.
~Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Silent Noon
Rejoice in the beauty that is present, All else is beyond thee.
adapted from montaigne
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Everybody needs beauty as well as bread
places to play in and pray in
where nature may heal and give strength to the body and soul.
john muir
I go to nature to be soothed and healed ...to have my senses put in order.
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The purest and most thoughtful minds
are those which love color the most.
john munchen
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Green Glass Beads
Nymph, nymph, what are your beads?
Green glass, goblin. Why do you stare at them?
Give them me.
No.
Give them me. Give them me.
No.
Then I will howl all night in the reeds,
Lie in the mud and howl for them.
Goblin, why do you love them so?
They are better than the stars on water,
Better than voices of wind that sing,
Better than any man's fair daugher,
Your green glass beads on a silver ring.
Hush, I stole them out of the moon.
Give them me, I wants them.
No.
I will howl in a deep lagoon
For your green glass beads, I love them so.
Give then me. Give them me.
No!
Author unknown
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"The wisdom of the universe is stored in bones and stones."
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Jade waters pulling me in deep
Caressing me with aqueous fingers
Memorizing every inch of my body
Spinning me, Twisting me
Rushing tidal motions
Entwining my soul in sensation
Breathless trembling uncontrollable bliss
Impetuous belonging shared
Promises of euphoria
Mortal only here in this ocean slumber
So nevermore awaken me.
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Dreams are the hopes and wishes spun by the mind.
Whether awake or fast asleep, our souls ambitions can be created, come to life, and grow wings to fly.
We create our tomorrow's by what we dream today.
author Jodi Henry
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Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
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You may have heard the old saying that Mark Twain attributed to British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics..."
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As night does not come at once, neither does oppression.
It is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air,
however slight, lest we become victims of the darkness.
W.O. Douglas
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