In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~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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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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