Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese 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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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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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 quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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