I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
#quotes #steve-stevaert #heaven #earth

This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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