"Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two."
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"Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels."
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"If we can look upon our work not for self-benefit,but as a means to benefit society,we will be practicing appreciation and patience in our daily lives."
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"This is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is, good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship. When a monk has a good friend, a good companion, a good comrade, it is to be expected that he will develop and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path."
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"And for a disciple thus freed, in whose heart dwells peace, there is nothing to be added to what has been done, and naught more remains for him to do. Just as a rock of one solid mass remains unshaken by the wind, even so, neither forms, nor sounds, nor odors, nor tastes, nor contacts of any kind, neither the desired, nor the undesired, can cause such an one to waver. Steadfast is his mind, gained is deliverance."
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"Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good."
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"A fool thinks it like honey so long as the bad deed does not bear fruit, but when it does bear fruit he experiences suffering."
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"All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. all phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed."
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"Through vigilance, restraint and control the wise will construct and island that no flood will overcome."
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"Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth."
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"Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child."
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"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."
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"Kindness should become the natural way of life,not the exception."
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"To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance."
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"If a man possesses a repentant spirit his sins will disappear, but if he has an unrepentant spirit his sins will continue and condemn him for their sake forever."
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"Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form."
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"The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness by what it chooses to compare the experience with. If it chooses to compare it to something worse then it will create happiness, gratitude and pride but if it chooses to compare it to something better then it will create unhappiness, bitterness and envy."
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"Even if everyone elseIs not doing good,I alone will.Even if everyone elseis doing wrong,I alone will not."
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"Do not believe anything on the mere authority of teachers or priests. Accept as true and as the guide to your life only that which accords with your own reason and experience, after thorough investigation. Accept only that which contributes to the well-being of yourself and others."
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"If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit - From life to life, Never finding peace. If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swell Like the grass after the rain. But if you subdue desire Your sorrows shall fall from you Like drops of water from a lotus flower."
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