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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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish 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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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian 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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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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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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There's a degree of deception in silence. ~Don Lemon
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