The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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The 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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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen 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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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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