It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to. ~Lou Brock
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease. ~Jim Rohn
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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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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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