Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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I live in the moment. ~Amy Sedaris
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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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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics. ~Gracie Gold
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Science is changing. God's Word does not change! ~Adrian Rogers
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