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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proverbiosHope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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Tantric 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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quotistA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I'm very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing. ~Al Jourgensen
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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I've always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people. ~Morton Gould
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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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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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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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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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English 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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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish 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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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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