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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proverbiosTantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~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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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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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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