English Quotes 
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" Life is suffering."
Unknown.

" Sufferings are caused by ignorance."
Siddhartha.

Life is too short for negativity.
Chinese proverb.

" What goes around, comes around."
Unknown.

A cunning rabbit would dig itself three holes underground.
Chinese proverb.

"It is good to be neither high nor low."
Unknown.

" A fair game should end with a tie."
Blue.

" Wise men learn much from fools."
Unknown.

" Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. "
Unknown.

" To honestly be oneself is to express oneself honestly."
Bruce Lee.

" If justice rules the universe, we are all in trouble!"
Unknown.

" Mother gives birth, but nature gives the child his characters."
Blue.

" How you look depends on where you go."
Unknown.

" Friends are forever."
Unknown.

" Lovers come and go, but friends always stay."
Blue.

" We have a love that's worth preserving,
and a bond that I will defend..."
DC Talk.

" Love comes and goes, but friendship will last a lifetime. "
Le Diep.

" He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough."
Unknown.

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb.

" Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."
Lin Yutang.

" The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at which bottom of which
you will always find forgiveness."
Honore' de Balzac ( 1799 - 1850 ).

" The most important thing a father can do for his children
is to love their mother."
Unknown.

" Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall,
a mother's secret hope outlives them all."
Oliver Wendell Holmes ( 1809 - 1894 ).

" The mother's heart is the child's school room."
Henry Ward Beecher.

" The whole world would turn on you but your mother ."
Blue.

" Everything you can wish for is a mother."
Blue.

" Love is a friendship that has caught fire. "
Anonymous.

A valuable idea is an idea that you can actually build upon.
Unknown.

It’s easy to stay out of a situation,
But it’s hard to get out of one.
Vietnamese Proverb.

Every pro was once a beginner.
Unknown.

Fish forget that they live in lakes and rivers,
people forget that they live in the magic of the Dao.
Confucius.

Zen is: - Not reliant on word.
- A special transmission separate from the scriptures.
- Direct pointing at one’s mind.
- Seeing one’s nature, becoming a Buddha.
Bodhidharma. (?-528 A.D.)

People selfishly think that they belong only to themselves,
then they suffer from the competitive nature they had set.
Zen Speaks.

Every person is a part of nature.
Zen Speaks.

You are like this cup of tea, full of  thoughts and ideas,
you must clear your mind before starting another subject.
Zen Speaks.

If your mind is filled with your own prejudices,
the truth that others speaks can’t be heard.
Zen Speaks.

In a conversation,
people are so opinionated that they heard nothing but their own voices.
Zen Speaks.

Heaven and hell is not a place but actually a stage of mind.
Zen Speaks.

Good and evil involve just a single instant of thought.
Zen Speaks.

Life is taxing, death is relaxing.
It is the most fortunate thing for everyone to die in their natural order.
Zhuangzi.

When pointing out other’s faults,
we often forget that we may be guilty of the same mistake.
Zen Speaks.

What is it that can get people to lay down their weapons?
- LOVE.
Zen Speaks.

Names, positions, and wealth often conceal the real "self" inside.
Zen Speaks.

Everything is the way it is.
Zen Speaks.

There is goodness in a blossoming flower,
there is beauty in a withering flower.
Zen Speaks.

To respond directly to any situation, become it, and it will become you.
Zen Speaks.

A situation is good or bad depends on how you look at it.
Zen Speaks.

When it’s time, be!
Unknown.

It often happens that our greatest problems arose from ourselves.
Zen Speaks.

Why ask why?
Zen Speaks.


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