Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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