Some people feel the rain, others just get wet - Bob Marley

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Use what talents you possess

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Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

~ Henry Van Dyke

The role of self

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That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things / is called delusion; / That the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self / is called enlightenment.

Dogen Zenji, "Wandering Clouds: The Poets of Ch'an Buddhism"

Holding on to anger

is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~ attributed to Buddha

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