In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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I've just got to do a good job and stay on in Formula One for as long as I can. ~Kimi Raikkonen
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Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen 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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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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