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The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence
The sign of a perfect equilibrium.
Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit.
The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm
And unshaken by the storms of existence
Not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree,
Not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool
His, in the mind of the unlettered sage,
Is the ideal attitude and conduct of life.
Silence is the cornerstone of character.
Ohiyesa, Wahpeton Santee Sioux
-Thunder
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What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across
the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
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