You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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Places are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of he body. "I feel good here": the well-being under-expressed in the language it appears in like a fleeting glimmer is a spatial practice. ~Michel de Certeau
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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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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~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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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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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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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~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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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian 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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