All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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I don't know where life's going, but soon it will be gone. I hope the wind that's blowing helps me carry on. Turn on the radio, baby listen to my song. Turn on the night light baby, I'm gone. ~Marc Cohn
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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