To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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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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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese 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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