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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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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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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