Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish 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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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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