Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. ~Ian Somerhalder
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English 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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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English 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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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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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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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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