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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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian 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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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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I always say to my Twitter followers to come to the stage door and meet me. What I love about being in the theatre, rather than filming, is that you meet your audience. ~Sheridan Smith
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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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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. ~Don Henley
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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