| ale li jo e tenpo.
| There is a time and place for everything. Everything in its right context.
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| ale li pona.
| Life is great. All is good. Life is beautiful. Everything will be OK.
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| ante li kama.
| Change comes. Times change.
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| ike li kama.
| Bad things will happen. Bad comes. Shit happens.
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| jan li suli mute. mani li suli lili.
| People are more important than money.
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| jan sona li jan nasa.
| A wise man is a fool. A genius thinks unconventionally.
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| lupa meli li mama ale.
| A woman's womb is the mother of all things.
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| mi pona e ale mi, la mi pona e mi.
| When I improve all areas of my life, I am making myself good.
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| mi weka e ike jan, la mi weka e ike mi.
| When I forgive and forget somebody's wrongdoings, I cleanse myself of negativity.
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| nasin ante li pona tawa jan ante.
| Different ways are good for different people. Different strokes for different folks.
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| nasin pona li mute.
| The good ways are many. There are many right ways of doing things. There are many valid truths. All roads lead to Rome.
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| o olin e jan poka.
| Love thy neighbour.
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| o sona e sina!
| Know thyself!
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| o toki ala. o pali.
| Stop thinking. Do stuff.
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| pali li pana e sona.
| Actions give knowledge. One learns by experience.
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| pilin pona li pana e sijelo pona.
| Positive feelings grant good health. Mind over matter.
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| sin en ante li sin e lawa li pana e sona.
| Novelty and change freshen the mind and bring insight.
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| sina pana e ike, la sina kama jo e ike.
| If you give evil, you will receive evil. What negativity you send out will return to you.
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| suno li lon poka pimeja.
| Light is beside darkness. Opposites are interconnected. Yin and yang.
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| toki pona li toki pona.
| Toki Pona is a good language.
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| wawa li lon insa.
| Energy comes from inside. Youth is all in the heart.
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| weka lili li pona tawa lawa.
| Temporary isolation is good for meditation. It is good to remove yourself momentarily from something to really understand it.
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| wile sona li mute e sona.
| Curiosity feeds wisdom. One learns by asking questions.
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