If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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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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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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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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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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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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