Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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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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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen 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 obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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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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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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