Oh while I live to be the ruler of life not a slave to meet life as a powerful conqueror and nothin

Oh while I live to be the ruler of life not a slave to meet life as a powerful conqueror and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.

Author: Walt Whitman

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Not I, not anyone else, can travel that road for you, you must travel it for yourself.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.

We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.

Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.

It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.