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> I celebrate myself...

> — Walt Whitman

```

I celebrate myself.

Not because I am perfect,

But because I admire

Perfection's core.

I celebrate myself.

Not because I have satisfied God,

But because I am nearing

His Satisfaction-Door. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Philosopher-thinkers: The power-towers of the mind and Poet-seers: the fragrance-hours of the heart in the West, Agni Press, 1998
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