The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French 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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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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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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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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