We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian 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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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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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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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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