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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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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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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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English 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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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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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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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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