A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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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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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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