I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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