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What good I see humbly I seek to do,
And live obedient to the law, in trust
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

— Edwin Arnold The Light of Asia (1879)

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Birthless and deathless and changeless remainaineth the spirit forever;
Death hath not touched it at all, dead though the house of it seems!

That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

Light of Asia (1879)

Making all futures fruits of all the pasts.

Light of Asia (1879)

Pity makes the world
Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.

The Light of Asia (1879)

Pity and need
Make all flesh kin. There is no caste in blood.

The Light of Asia (1879)

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