Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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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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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Good morning. Love is the most beautiful truth of life. Never ignore the person who loves you.
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Align yourself with outstanding strategic partners. ~Carol Roth
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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