Sunday, May 26, 2013

Walt Whitman


Nothing external to me can have any power over me.
 

1 comment:

  1. When Emerson's home was destroyed by fire and his precious books were being reduced to ashes, Louisa May Alcott came to console him. The great philosopher said, "Yes, yes, Louisa, they are all gone, but let us enjoy the blaze now. Isn't it beautiful!"

    Such people are ocean personalities. In their inner depths
    they are not defeated by what happens to them.

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