All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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