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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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proverbiosEvery day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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