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| We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld |
| A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. ~ Lee Segall |
| Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. ~ Lewis Carrol, |
| Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ~ Andre Gide |
| Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. ~ Aesop |
| Only that in you which is me can hear what I’m saying. ~ Baba Ram Dass |
| I am a part of all that I have met. ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson |
| There’s more to the truth than just the facts. ~ Author Unknown |
| The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. ~ Edward R. Murrow |
| Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~ Polish Proverb |
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| Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ~ Ludwig Börne |
| If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky? ~ Stanislaw J. Lec |
| We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again. There is no real difference between the grass and the man who mows it. ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi |
| Before enlightenment – chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment – chop wood, carry water. ~ Zen Buddhist Proverb |
| Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau |
| Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work – that goes on, it adds up. ~ Barbara Kingsolver, |
| I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying. ~ Charles C. Finn |
| Oh, Heaven, it is mysterious, it is awful to consider that we not only carry a future Ghost within us; but are, in very deed, Ghosts! ~ Thomas Carlyle |
| Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. ~ Zen Saying |
| The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? ~ Chuang Tzu |
| By daily dying I have come to be. ~ Theodore Roethke |
| There are some remedies worse than the disease. ~ Publilius Syrus |
| You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough. ~ William Blake, |
| It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos. ~ John L. McClenahan |
| What you see, yet can not see over, is as good as infinite. ~ Thomas Carlyle, |
| Philosophy is life’s dry-nurse, who can take care of us – but not suckle us. ~ Soren Kierkegaard |
| One man’s quiet is another man’s din. ~ Carrie Latet |
| Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science. ~ Henry David Thoreau |
| Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. ~ Henri Louis Bergson |
| If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible. ~ Ram Dass |