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By M. Simon, September 2001

Axioms of Faith and Practice

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Axioms that Caught On

To be praised by fools is the greatest shame.

A sword is useless in the hands of a coward.

Develop faith like boiling water.

Let faith do its work.

A single candle can light up a place that has been dark for ten thousand years.

To begin is easy; to continue, difficult.

Chant and take action.

Axioms that Have Not Caught On

Two steps forward, one step back, cha-cha cha.

Attract flies from ten thousand miles afar.

Develop faith like acid rain.

Relish yourself behind the scenes.

Attack like a demon armed with an iron and spray starch.

Be persistent like the Internal Revenue Service.

More than wild elephants you should fear drunken wild elephants with guns.

Chant and take aspirin.

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