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A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.

Family

4.2 · 46 votes

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A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

Friendship

4.6 · 62 votes · 133 reads

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A jug fills drop by drop.

Perseverance

3.5 · 49 votes

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Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

Anger

3.2 · 27 votes

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As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.

Wisdom

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Buddha

Thought and Reason
Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfar
3.4 · 62 votes · 33 reads
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Virtues
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
3.8 · 17 votes · 171 reads
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Society
Everything changes, nothing remains without change.
4.6 · 49 votes · 123 reads
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Various
Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds.
3.6 · 40 votes · 5 reads
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Virtues
Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.
5.0 · 51 votes · 126 reads
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Feelings
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
3.6 · 50 votes · 140 reads
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Feelings
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
4.9 · 12 votes · 36 reads
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Society
He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' - those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
4.2 · 38 votes · 133 reads
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Various
He is not the same, nor is he another.
3.3 · 19 votes · 160 reads
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Nature
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
4.0 · 43 votes · 195 reads
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Feelings
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
4.5 · 17 votes · 86 reads
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Virtues
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of me
4.2 · 13 votes · 199 reads
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Feelings
If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.
4.1 · 25 votes · 117 reads
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Various
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
4.7 · 63 votes · 144 reads
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Feelings
Love the whole world as a mother lovers her only child.
4.4 · 21 votes · 177 reads
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Feelings
Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stilled only by non-hatred - this is the law of eternal.
5.0 · 34 votes · 65 reads
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Nature
On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
4.3 · 34 votes · 150 reads
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Virtues
Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.
3.8 · 49 votes · 117 reads
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Various
The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.
3.1 · 63 votes · 155 reads
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Feelings
The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.
4.5 · 41 votes · 158 reads
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Time
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
4.3 · 40 votes · 165 reads
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Feelings
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
4.1 · 55 votes · 73 reads
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Feelings
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
3.3 · 36 votes · 172 reads
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Thought and Reason
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
4.2 · 33 votes · 10 reads
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Thought and Reason
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
4.0 · 46 votes · 187 reads
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Thought and Reason
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.
4.0 · 55 votes · 81 reads
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Nature
This life of separateness may be compared to a dream, a phantasm, a bubble, a shadow, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.
4.6 · 25 votes · 95 reads
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Feelings
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
3.2 · 17 votes · 53 reads
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Feelings
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.
3.7 · 62 votes · 45 reads
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Thought and Reason
We are what we think. All that we are arises With our thoughts. With our thoughts, We make our world.
3.8 · 63 votes · 188 reads
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Thought and Reason
What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
3.4 · 54 votes · 122 reads
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Feelings
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
5.0 · 38 votes · 194 reads
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Various
You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself.
3.3 · 17 votes · 155 reads
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Feelings
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
4.0 · 43 votes · 23 reads
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Various
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
3.6 · 9 votes · 82 reads
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