Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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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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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese 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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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu 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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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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