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While people are struggling unhappily in the cities against the cruel authorities, a waterfall happily and cheerfully flows in the nature; there is happiness only if there is freedom!
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While inhabitants in cities toil miserably against oppressive rulers, a waterfall gushes joyfully in the wilderness; contentment is attainable only through liberation!
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There is a hidden message in every waterfall. It says, if you are flexible, falling will not hurt you!
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'Within every cascade of water lies a secret lesson: be adaptable and tumbling won't cause harm.'
3.
Water is the most perfect traveller because when it travels it becomes the path itself!
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'H2O is the ultimate journeyer since it transforms into its very own trail!'
4.
A very wise quote is a spectacular waterfall! When you see it, you feel its power!
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'A very sagacious saying is a breathtaking cascade! When you behold it, you sense its might!'
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Sunset is so marvellous that even the sun itself watches it every day in the reflections of the infinite oceans!
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'The splendor of dusk is so staggering that the sun itself gazes upon its beauty in the boundless seas!'
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A waterfall cannot be silent, just as the wisdom! When they speak, the voice of power speaks!
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'A cascading torrent cannot remain noiseless, similar to knowledge! When they pronounce, the utterance of might resounds!'
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A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!
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A sagacious adage can only alter a prudent person! Therefore, astute statements are for the judicious fellows, not for the imbeciles! The sunflowers face the Sun, the dullards, toward obscurity!
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When the wisdom speaks, be silent. Do not waste your candle when the sun is there.
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'When knowledge speaks, be still. Do not strain your resources when the light is present.'
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When you are alone, bless the solitude; when you are with someone, bless the togetherness! Think of the seagull: It flies alone happily; it flies with another happily too! Solitude is a food; togetherness is a food; man needs both and he must be happy with both!
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If you have discovered a truth, tell it first to a parrot! Every new truth needs an insistent repetition!
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If you have stumbled upon a fact, communicate it first to a bird! Every groundbreaking revelation requires persistent reiteration!
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Sometimes when you lose your way in the fog, you end up in a beautiful place! Don't be afraid of getting lost!
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"Sometimes when you wander through the mist, you can stumble upon a stunning locale! Embrace the unknown!"
12.
In nature, everything has a job. The job of the fog is to beautify further the existing beauties!
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'In the natural world, everything has a purpose. The mist serves to augment the already existing loveliness!'
13.
I like my shadow; it reminds me that I exist.
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I take pleasure in my silhouette; it reminds me of my being.
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When the sun is setting, leave whatever you are doing and watch it.
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Depart your toils and observe the twilight descent.
15.
There is one thing sure about life: Life will push us hardly many times! When you are pushed, don't be surprised; stay firm like a plane tree or be elastic like a bamboo!
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No matter what life throws at us, remain steadfast like an oak or flexible like a reed!
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Sunset is the opening music of the night.
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Twilight signals the start of evening's symphony.
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When you are happy, you feel the sunshine even inside the fog; when you are unhappy, you feel the fog even in the sunshine.
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When you are elated, you perceive the luminosity even amidst the murkiness; when you are despondent, you discern the gloominess even in the radiance.
18.
God is a snooker player, that's why all the planets are turning!
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'The Almighty is an expert billiards player, explaining why the heavenly bodies rotate!'
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To be a lighthouse, you must be strong enough to resist every kind of storm, to every kind of loneliness and you must have a powerful light inside you!
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"To be a beacon, you must be stalwart enough to withstand every kind of tempest, to all kinds of isolation and you must have a robust light within you!"
20.
Intellectual is a parrot; wise man is a crow. One is repetitive; other is creative!
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'The intellect of a parrot is limited to mimicry; the wisdom of a crow is evident in its ingenuity.'
21.
An unfree mind is just like a windmill inside the bell jar!
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A caged intellect is akin to a millwheel in an airtight dome!
22.
Man is a parrot in the House of History; he listens and then he repeats the same crap over and over!
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23.
In the twilight of the morning, all life silently waits for the sunrise. Sun must rise for the darkness to sink!
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24.
We are all on the stairs, my friend; some of us are going down, some us are going up!
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25.
However tired you are, whatever the distance is, move to your target! Even if you move as slow as a snail, you will reach there! Move! Either fast or slow, just move!
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When you come across with a problem in your life, do not always try to solve it; make a long jump like a kangaroo and continue your way! Sometimes problems must be leaped over without touching them!
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While sleeping in a hammock, with the touch of a warm wind we remember why we are in love with the life!
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A lighthouse is not interested in who gets its light! It just gives it without thinking! Giving light is its nature!
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If you open your eyes very wide and look around you carefully, you will always see a lighthouse which will lead you to the right path! Just watch around you carefully!
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Man must behave like a lighthouse; he must shine day and night for the goodness of everyman.
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31.
When you are caught in the heavy rains of anger, open the umbrella of mind, take refuge under the roof of reason!
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Inside the fogs, you think better and thus you see better!
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33.
I owe all my knowledge to the German inventor, Johannes Gutenberg!
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If you are a lighthouse, you cannot hide yourself; if you hide yourself, you cannot be a lighthouse!
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Rock is a great master of life. It teaches us this simple philosophy: Stay firm!
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There are so many stars shining in the sky, so many beautiful things winking at you, but when Venus comes out, all the others are waned, they are pushed to the background.
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Under a cherry tree, all burdens of life fly away!
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Evolution is a snail, but Revolution is a kangaroo; one crawls, other jumps!
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A good book is a lighthouse; a wise man is a lighthouse; conscience is a lighthouse; compassion is a lighthouse; science is a lighthouse! They all show us the true path! Keep them in your life to remain safe in the rocky and dark waters of life!
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There is an eternal love between the water drop and the leaf. When you look at them, you can see that they both shine out of happiness.
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Even if you enter the dirty water, stay neat like a white swan!
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42.
Open your eyes and look around carefully at the moments when you think you have failed, because the lighthouse of the success mysteriously appears amongst the fog at those very moments!
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The 'stream' we call science always flows forward; sometimes reactionary beavers block its flow, but the stream is never defeated by this; it accumulates, gathers strength; its waters get over the barrage and continue on their course. The advancement of science is the advancement of God, for science is nothing but human intelligence, and human intelligence is the most valuable treasure God has bequeathed us.
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Rain never understands why people hide under their umbrellas! Let us make a surprise to the rain by closing our umbrellas!
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History of science is a relay race, my painter friend. Copernicus took over his flag from Aristarchus, from Cicero, from Plutarch; and Galileo took that flag over from Copernicus.
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Acquaintances are always abundant; friends are always scarce!
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In a beautiful morning, walking barefoot to the work through the green fields with the company of the singing birds... and there you shall meet the real happiness!
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Doubt in love is the Devil in the paradise!
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If you have a footprint, be happy, because it means that you aren't a shadow!
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Deserts look beautiful and green fields look beautiful too. Nature is genius because it knows how to look beautiful in every way.
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