Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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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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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. ~Lisa Ling
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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