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By your own efforts waken yourself, watch yourself. And live joyfully.
Sep 17, 2025
One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.
The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.
If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred.
Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy.
On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
There is no fire like passion No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger, And no joy like the joy of freedom.
Why do what you will regret? Why bring tears upon yourself? Do only what you do not regret, And fill yourself with joy.
Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love.
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
Born out of concern for all beings.
What you think you become.
Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.
With our thoughts we make the world.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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.
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.
Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
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