To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~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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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~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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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen 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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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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