Everything counts for gain when we are cosmically awake. Nothing count…

Henry David Thoreau
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Everything counts for gain when we are cosmically awake. Nothing counts, unless we are awake. No enjoyments last, no successes satisfy, no gains have meaning unless accomplished in a state of wakefulness.
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