We will develop love, we will practice it, we will make it both a way and a basis…
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Siddhartha
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Ancient monk, living from donations.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
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The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.
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In whom there is no sympathy for living beings: know him as an outcast.
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Should a seeker not find a companion who is better or equal, let them resolutely pursue a solitary course.
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Leave behind confused reactions and become patient as the earth; unmoved by anger, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool.
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Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draw it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follow a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
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Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.
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You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.
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All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
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Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.
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Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.
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As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
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There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path.
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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
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If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?
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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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Whatever living beings there may be — feeble or strong, long, stout, or of medium size, short, small, large, those seen or those unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born as well as those yet to be born — may all beings have happy minds.
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Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
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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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