The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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