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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

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

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

Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly. ~Edward Albee

When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Buddhist Proverb

A gun gives you the body, not the bird. ~Henry David Thoreau

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, Animal Dreams

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

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Japanese Proverb Quotes

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Proverbs are one of the best things our planet owns. Let me share with you some wonderful Japanese Proverb Quotes. And in the end, tell me what’s your favorite. Thank you!

“Your smile determines how you see and think about the world around you.”

“He who listens well, speaks well.”

“We do not smile because something good has happened; rather something good happens because we smile.”

“Your smile is your heart’s accessory. What kind of smile will you wear today?”

“Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

“Your smile is your life force.”

“One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger.”

“The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.”

“Beginning is easy – continuing hard.”

“He is poor who does not feel content.”

“If you smile you can change yourself, others and your future.”

“The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.”

“Money grows on the tree of persistence.”

“To teach is to learn.”

“Virtue is not knowing but doing.”

japanese proverb quotes“One dog yelping at nothing will set ten thousand straining at their collars.”

“It is better to be ignorant than mistaken.”

“If you believe everything you read, better not read.”

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”

“We are no more than candles burning in the wind.”

“If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.”

“Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.”

“When the cat mourns for the mouse do not take her seriously.”

“Everyone makes mistakes. That’s why there is an eraser on every pencil.”

“He who hunts two hares leaves one and loses the other.”

“Unless you enter the tiger’s den, you cannot take the cubs.”

“The reverse side also has a reverse side.”

“One kind word can warm three winter months.”

“Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass.”

“If you understand everything, you must be misinformed.”

“Do you need proof of God? Does one light a torch to see the sun?”

“It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive disenchanted.”

Vagabonding and Travel Quotes

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Dont take life too seriously…no one comes out alive – Elbert Hubbard

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving – Lao Tzu

He who knows that he has enough, will always have enough – Lao Tzu

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth. – Buddha

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. – Lao Tzu

We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope – Edward Abbey

My greatest skill has been to want little – Henry David Thoreau

Always do what you are afraid to do – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
The fearful are caught as often as the bold. – Helen Keller

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. – Helen Keller

We will not cease from our exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. – T.S. Elliot

vagabonding and travel quotesTravel is not really about leaving our homes, but leaving our habits. – Pico Iyer

Not all those who wander are lost – JRR Tolkien

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will lead you there – Unknown

A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles. – Tim Cahill

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty & well preserved body; but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow! What a ride!’ – Hunter S. Thompson

Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. – Miriam Beard

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste it, to experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. – Eleanor Roosevelt

All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not. – Rudyard Kipling

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius

Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going. – Paul Theroux

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. – Aldous Huxley

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it. – Rudyard Kipling

And forget not that the Earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. – Kahlil Gibran

Halloween Quotes

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In this scary night, please enjoy some great halloween quotes selected just for you.

I’ll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween. – Author Unknown

As spirits roam the neighborhoods at night,
Let loose upon the Earth till it be light… – Nicholas Gordon

Eat, drink and be scary. – Author Unknown

Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite,
All are on their rounds tonight;
In the wan moon’s silver ray,
Thrives their helter-skelter play. – Joel Benton

A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween. – Erma Bombeck

Witch and ghost make merry on this last of dear October’s days. – Author Unknown

halloween quotesHalloween wraps fear in innocence,
As though it were a slightly sour sweet.
Let terror, then, be turned into a treat… – Nicholas Gordon

Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night. – Steve Almond

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the “spirits” of things. – Dee Snider

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go
Back to their quiet graves below. – Theodosia Garrison

‘Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world. – William Shakespeare

Hold on, man. We don’t go anywhere with “scary,” “spooky,” “haunted,” or “forbidden” in the title. – Scooby-Doo

Funny Sentences and Funny Quotes

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How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire.

Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand at the edge of a pool and throw fish.

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list.

If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong.

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

Funny Quotes and Sayings

Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut and still think they’re sexy.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

You don’t need a parachute to skydive, but you do need one to skydive again.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Hospitality is making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were.

I scream the same way whether I’m about to be eaten by a shark or seaweed touches my foot.

Some cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go.

Love is what we are born with

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love is what we are born with“Love is what we are born with.
Fear is what we learn.
The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudicies and the acceptance of love back in our hearts.
Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.
To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life.
Meaning dos not lie in things.
Meaning lies in us.” – Marianne Williamson