Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh 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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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish 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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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen 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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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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If you didn't watch "The Shield," you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch "The Shield." ~Timothy Simons
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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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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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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