A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish 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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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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