Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese 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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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish 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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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. ~Ellen Page
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
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