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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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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