I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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