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Wisdom from Assam and the world

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C
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
C
"It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them."
S
"What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be."
B
"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."
S
"We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly."
P
"Mind is everything: muscle, pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind."
F
"Do what you can. Want what you have. Be who you are."
A
"The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward."
B
"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of."
A
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
E
"Whoso loves, believes the impossible."
C
"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way."
E
"The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators."
K
"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity."
tags: friendship
G
"Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
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E
"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."
R
"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
P
"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."
F
"Respect should be earned by actions, and not acquired by years."
T
"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what youve always gotten."
G
"Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life."
tags: friendship
J
"I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else."
C
"A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies."
tags: friendship
A
"Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow."