He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese 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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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American 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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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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