The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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Every decision you make is a mistake. ~Edward Dahlberg
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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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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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~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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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab 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 ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~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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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first. ~CJ Roberts
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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