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Never being, but always at the edge of Being.


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When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.

When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.



Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.



The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness.

The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness.



History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.



When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.



I think continually of those who were truly great.

I think continually of those who were truly great.



There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.



All that you can imagine you already know.

All that you can imagine you already know.



So i learned both to accept myself and to aim beyond myself

So i learned both to accept myself and to aim beyond myself



All the posters on the walls All the leaflets in the streets Are mutilated, destroyed or run in rain, Their words blotted out with tears, Skins peeling from their bodies In the victorious hurricane.

All the posters on the walls All the leaflets in the streets Are mutilated, destroyed or run in rain, Their words blotted out with tears, Skins peeling from their bodies In the victorious hurricane.





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Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.



Khird-Mandon Se Kya Puchon Ke Meri Ibtida Kya HaiKe Main Iss Fikar Mein Rehta Hun, Meri Intiha Kya HaiWhat should I ask the sages about my origin:I am always wanting to know my goal.

Khird-Mandon Se Kya Puchon Ke Meri Ibtida Kya HaiKe Main Iss Fikar Mein Rehta Hun, Meri Intiha Kya HaiWhat should I ask the sages about my origin:I am always wanting to know my goal.



Black skin was filled with so many barriers, so many restrictions, so many.

Black skin was filled with so many barriers, so many restrictions, so many.



Words of love, are works of love.

Words of love, are works of love.



I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true

I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true



The man of meditation is the man who wastes no time, scatters no energy, misses no opportunity.

The man of meditation is the man who wastes no time, scatters no energy, misses no opportunity.



You might be a redneck if your wife keeps a can of Vienna sausage in her purse.

You might be a redneck if your wife keeps a can of Vienna sausage in her purse.



God is bigger than every issue you will ever have to face, and you can do whatever you need to do through Christ who strengthens you.

God is bigger than every issue you will ever have to face, and you can do whatever you need to do through Christ who strengthens you.



A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.

A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.



We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death.

We are all in a race for dear life: that is to say, we are fugitives from death.




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