To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican 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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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. ~Lisa Ling
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision. ~Charles Stanley
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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. ~Nhat Hanh
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. ~Tom Petty
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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