"Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique."
-Karl Shapiro
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"But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in sleep.“
-Karl Shapiro
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"In junior high school, I was an object of pure ridicule for my dress, withdrawal, and asocial manner. Dozens of times, I saw individuals laugh and smile more in ten to fifteen minutes than I did in all my life up to then."
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"Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue."
-Sadhu Vaswani
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