Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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