Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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