Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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proverbiosThe teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African 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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quotistThe path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone. ~Charles Ghigna
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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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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~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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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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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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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish 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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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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