All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
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Siddhartha
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Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
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Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.
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One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield. Be victorious over yourself and not over others.
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If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.
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Faith and prayer both are invisible, but they make impossible things possible.
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Your own self is your master; who else could be? With yourself well controlled, you gain a master very hard to find.
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Give, even if you only have a little.
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One who acts on truth is happy in this world and beyond.
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Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
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In whom there is no sympathy for living beings: know him as an outcast.
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Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
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Faith and prayer both are invisible, but they make impossible things possible.
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‘All conditioned things are impermanent’ — when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.
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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
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If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
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Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.
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All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
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It is better to do nothing, than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.
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Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.
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