The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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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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Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. ~Joyce Meyer
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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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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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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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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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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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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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