Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
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.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.
However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.
If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
Conquer the angry man by love.
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.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.
In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what is sensed, there should be just the sensed; In what is thought, there should be just the thought. He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.
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