"I do not want my house to..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any
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“There is no doubt that our last state will be worse than our first, if we surrender our reason into somebody's keeping.”
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“I refuse to buy from anybody anything however nice or beautiful if it interferes with my growth or injures those whom Nature has made my first care.”
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“If Your Eyes Are Opened, You'll See The Things Worth Seeing.”