Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and
the end.
Krishnamurti
The more you know, the less you understand.
Tao Te Ching
It is not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the Bullring.
Spanish
Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with
truth.
Thich Nhat Nanh
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams...
John Barrymore
If ever you should need my life, come and take it.
The Seagull
The more sorrow one encounters, the more joy one can contain.
Kahlil Gibran
God promises a safe landing, but not a calm passage.
Bulgarian
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a
sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.
Everybody laughs in the same language.
Tomorrow or next life - which comes first, we will never know.
Tibetan Buddhist
Be smart! Accept correction -
The nail which sticks out will get hammered (in).
Japanese
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Dr. Thomas F. Jones, Jr.
An eye for an eye will make the whole world go blind.
Mahatma Gandhi
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves
something, and has lost something.
Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition.
Timothy Leary
It is easier to stay out than get out.
Mark Twain
The child says nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
You must cut your coat according to your cloth.
Vietnamese
The cowl does not make the monk.
Vietnamese
Old foxes want no tutor.
Vietnamese
A clear conscience is a sure card.
Vietnamese
Death squares all accounts.
Vietnamese
The true Black Belt is the white belt of a beginner, stained
by the dried blood and sweat of the owner.
You may know a man by the company he keeps.
A great position entails great responsibility.
Vietnamese
If you are ready to believe, you are easy to deceive.
Vietnamese
He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance.
Eskimo
An evil deed remains with the evildoer.
Japanese
The tongue is like a sharp knife, it kills without drawing blood.
Japanese
Beware, the man of one book.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Malayan
If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle.
Spanish
It is the great north wind that made the Vikings.
Scandanavian
There is nothing hidden between Heaven and Earth.
Venezuelan
There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there
were no real gold somewhere.
Sufi
Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks;
bleat in a flock of goats.
Malayan
Behind the mountains, more mountains.
Haitian
It is better to drink water with a friend, than to partake of
a foe's honey.
Tibetan
It is by warfare that the soul makes progress.
Abba John the Short
As the dew is dried up by the morning sun, So are the sins of
humankind by the sight of the Himalayas.
Hindu
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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