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  Nansen answered, "Every way is the true Way." Joshu asked, "Can I study it?...
• It has been said that nothing is impossible; yet there are many people doing nothing every day.
• It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.
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• That which has not been taught directly can never be taught directly.
• There is nothing new except what has been forgotten. -- Marie Antoinette
• ... but what has been said once can always be repeated. -- Zeno of Elia
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  The monk ascended a podium, struck it once with his stick, and descended....
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