To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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