If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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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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The way to happiness is: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, give much. Fill your life with love. Do as you would be done by.
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He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
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Don’t run after pleasure and neglect the practice of meditation. If you forget the goal of life and get caught in the pleasures of the world, you will come to envy those who put meditation first.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.
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Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well-spoken words: this is good luck.
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The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.
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Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.
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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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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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Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
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Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.
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Don’t rush anything. When the time is right, it’ll happen.
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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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He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake’s venom that so quickly spreads — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
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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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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
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Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done. We alone are responsible for our lives.
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