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“The true meaning of the precepts is not just that one should refrain from drinking alcohol, but also from getting drunk on nirvana.”
Source : "Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui".
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“There are lying looks, as well as lying words; dissembling smiles, deceiving signs, and even a lying silence.”
Source : Ellin DEVIS (1797). “The Accidence; or First rudiments of English grammar. Designed for the use of young ladies ... The third edition, with very considerable additions”, p.126
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“You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.”
Source : Edwin Louis Cole (1998). “Profiles in Courageous Manhood”, Albury Pub
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“Despite my mum being from a small village in the middle of a forest, I'm not a country person. I don't like my bacon sandwich to be curiously snuffling at my fingers. But sometimes being police means holding your breath and fondling a pig.”
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“the mediation of internal conflicts can be resolved by linkages with other problems.”
Source : Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.183, Harvard University Press
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“It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.”
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“Everything mortal has moments immortal”
Source : Amy Lowell (2009). “A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass”, p.16, ReadHowYouWant.com
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“. . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.”
