If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese 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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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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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese 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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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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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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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African 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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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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