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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, Alice in Wonderland
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
Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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
The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. ~Edward R. Murrow
When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Buddhist Proverb
A gun gives you the body, not the bird. ~Henry David Thoreau
How can anyone be truly enlightened, when the truth is so poorly lit? ~Author Unknown
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
Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. ~Zen Saying
You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough. ~William Blake, Proverbs of Hell
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
The fly that doesn't want to be swatted is most secure when it lights on the fly-swatter. ~G.C. Lichtenberg
Don't miss the donut by looking through the hole. ~Author Unknown
You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
Whenever you fall, pick something up. ~Oswald Avery
Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat.
"I don't know," Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind. ~John Lancaster Spalding
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. ~Terry Josephson
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. ~Roger Miller
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ~James Thurber
You cannot step into the same river twice. ~Heraclitus, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives
It takes all the running you can do just to keep in the same place. ~Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, 1872
You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. ~Author Unknown
You can see a lot by just looking. ~Yogi Berra
A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
We often repent the good we have done as well as the ill. ~William Hazlitt, Characteristics, 1823
The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground. ~Buddha
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. ~Santayana, Essays
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. ~Niels Bohr
Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light? ~Maurice Freehill
The road was new to me, as roads always are going back. ~Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country Road of Pointed Firs, 1896
We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about "and." ~Arthur Stanley Eddington
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. ~Eric Berne
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. ~Aristotle
The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different. ~Aldous Huxley
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. ~Georg Hegel
We are spirits clad in veils. ~Christopher P. Cranch
If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am? ~John Lancaster Spalding
Beware the fury of a patient man. ~John Dryden, Absolam and Achitophel, 1680
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. ~Francis Bacon
To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting. ~Stanislaus I of Poland
The future influences the present just as much as the past. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. ~John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1911
One does what one is; one becomes what one does. ~Robert von Musil, Kleine Prosa
When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. ~William James
You can't fall off the floor. ~Author Unknown
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top. ~Author Unknown
The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. ~Robert M. Pirsig
A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. ~Friedrich Nietzche
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. ~Matsuo Basho
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