Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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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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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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