Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have accepted fear as a part of life; specifically the fear of change. I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ~Erica Jong
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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