I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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