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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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“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
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“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
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“Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.”
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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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“Doubt everything. Find your own light.”
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“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it”
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“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
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“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”
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“If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.”
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“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”
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“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
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“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.”
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“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading”
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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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“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change. ”
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“Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.”
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“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”
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“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.”
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“Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”
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“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
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“Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another.”
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“True love is born from understanding.”
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“Nothing is forever except change.”
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“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.”
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“The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.”
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“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment”
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“As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all. ”
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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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“With our thoughts we make the world.”