Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~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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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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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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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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