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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

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To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.

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Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Also, silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth.

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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

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When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.

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Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

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He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

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The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.

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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

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Give, even if you only have a little.

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If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?

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Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.

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Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.

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There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.

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If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.

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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned.

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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

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To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

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Without health life is not life it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

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The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

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An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

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To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.

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Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

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The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Buddha

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Buddha

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Buddha

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Buddha

Without health life is not life it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

Buddha

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Buddha

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Buddha

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

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Without health life is not life it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.

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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

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Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love this is the eternal rule.

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You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Buddha

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

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Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

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It is better to travel well than to arrive.

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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth not going all the way, and not starting.

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In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

Buddha

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Buddha

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

Buddha

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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