One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French 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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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
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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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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen 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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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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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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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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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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