These thought proverbs, anti-proverbs and axiomatic truths were created by Randy Hasper.
A good proverb is like a good foot-bridge troll, short-statured, sturdy and armed with a vicious bite.
Fear designed the first wall; love crafted the first gate.
Walls scale; gates hale.
Hate makes no gate.
Chill and abate, all gates have waits.
Safe is a fence; smart is a gate.
Hate hauls walls; love freights gates.
Love gapes gates.
Heart, no bulwark; soul, no wall; come enter all.
We choose our own weights; the hoary fates guard not our lanes and gates.
Cooperate; degate.
Scrap hate; ungate.
The greatest adventure is in what lies behind what lies ahead.
The thrilling unknown lies just below the bone.
The next adventure is just one risk away.
Fools hide at home; the wise charge into the hippodrome.
The good are always traveling into the dangerous terrain of the other.
Adventure lies on the other side of obedience.
The ultimate adventure begins when we sit still, fold our hands and close our eyes.
The wildest ride begins where control ends.
Faith leaves home with bright eyes.
The thrilling hunt almost beats the heart-pounding find.
One cannot even begin to understand home until one leaves it.
When I am no longer ruled by what you think, I go over the falls and plummet into freedom.
Fear hides; love jumps into plain sight.
It is a fool’s errand to play it safe too much.
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