Be a help and an asset.

THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET - MONK'S DREAM (album)

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When I die, as everyone must, survive me with passion

Lift your eyes from east to west, as the sun does

And let each new day be your savior, your hero

I will be absent at last, and tears will do me no good

I would prefer that my heritage be more pleasant

So remember me when there is laughter and music

Sorrow is not your friend, but I am

Embrace some happiness, and don't try to hide it

Life is a transparent house, and all of the neighbors watch

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Those who hate

In the name of a god

Pray for them too

Especially them

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What good is weeping 

While turtles still crawl 

Through the tall, wet grass? 

What good is sorrow 

When love still grows 

In every fresh smile? 

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May I always do my part to keep the light shining, even though I may never understand what the light is. May I be a help and an asset to those around me.

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Like the sky at dawn, silent and vast, let my being merge

In the timeless immensity of being alive.

I am the universe, the universe is me. 

James Lee Jobe

When people talk of war I vow with all beings to raise my voice in the chorus and speak of original peace.

Robert Aitken

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