We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. ~Robert M. Parker
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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When the legs go, the heart soon follows ~John Wooden
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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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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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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