Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go. ~Zach Johnson
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Gratitude makes things right. ~Melody Beattie
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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I've had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a lot of good life. ~John Stamos
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It is very hard to concentrate when your stomach is rumbling. ~Shania Twain
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