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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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Invest less at the end of the month. Brokers tend to push stocks at the end of the month in an effort to match or surpass their previous month's sales. ~Nancy Dunnan
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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