Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German 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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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen 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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