All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish 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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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. ~Tom Robbins
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With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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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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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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All actors are looking for that role that is going to define who they are. When it happens, it is a good thing. ~Jeffrey Pierce
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan 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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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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