A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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But we'd never really seen eye to eye. Mostly 'cause he was much taller than I was. ~Darynda Jones
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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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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave. ~Kool Moe Dee
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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