I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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No matter how beautiful the theory, one irritating fact can dismiss the entire formulism, so it has to be proven. ~Michio Kaku
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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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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese 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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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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