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Laurence Overmire Quotes: Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language.
         

Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language.


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History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all.



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I reserve the right to evolve. What I think and feel today is subject to revision tomorrow.



Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.



Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.

Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.



War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another.

War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another.



Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny.

Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny.



The people who change the world never lose hope no matter how bleak the outcome might appear to be.

The people who change the world never lose hope no matter how bleak the outcome might appear to be.



To listen to the silence is to hear the heartbeat of the Universe.

To listen to the silence is to hear the heartbeat of the Universe.



From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch.

From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch.



Only love and courage will make this world a safer place. Hatred and fear will make it more dangerous.

Only love and courage will make this world a safer place. Hatred and fear will make it more dangerous.





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