Sakya Pandita Quotes

• Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

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  Change, Happiness, Mean

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• It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal.

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  Enemy, Meat, Poison

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• The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean.

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  Men, Doe, Wickedness

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• Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.

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  Men, Causes, Affection

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• When many work together for a goal, Great things may be accomplished. It is said a lion cub was killed By a single colony of ants.

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  Goal, Working Together, Lions

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• Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards.

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  Beauty, Men, Flames

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• If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.

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  Wise, Men, Enemy

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• By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top.

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  Tree, Growth, May

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• With gifts, you may gather your enemies about you. When giving nothing, even your own family will leave.

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  Giving, Enemy, May

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• If one is intelligent and applies himself well, what can he not accomplish? Even small bands of people, I have heard, have defeated whole armies.

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  Army, Intelligent, People

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• When a broken tank is filled with water, It certainly will leak on every side. Weak men who grow rich Seldom leave an inheritance.

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  Men, Weak Man, Broken

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