"It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people."
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"The more fully we give our energy, the more it returns to us."
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"Make of yourself a light."
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"Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms."
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"His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust."
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"There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering." When a wise man has realised this, he takes no pleasure, as a disciple of the Buddhas, even in the pleasures of heaven. Instead he takes pleasure in the elimination of craving."
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"Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won't play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that produces the beautiful sound lies in the middle."
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"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."
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"When one drives away the negligent through vigilance, he climbs the heights of wisdom, and can see the suffering masses. Serene, you look upon the lost like one that stands on a mountain sees those that stand upon the plain."
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"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."
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"Be your own lamps. Be your own shelters. Hang on to the truth as a lamp. Hang on to the truth as a refuge."
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"Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions."
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"In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation."
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"The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance."
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"Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace."
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"Whoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity so the wise man knows no hatred."
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"No light is brighter than wisdom. Wisdom is the light in the world."
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"A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise."
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"Those who are pure in heart and single in purpose are able to understand the most supreme Way. It is like polishing a mirror, which becomes bright when the dust is removed. Remove your passions, and have no hankering."
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"There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know."
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