"Do not let pleasure distract you from meditation, from the way. Free yourself from pleasure and pain."
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"Learn to ne happy with what you have."
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"We are what we think."
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"Monks, we who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and consciousness all interconnected. Investigating in this way, we come to realize that there is no me or mine in any one part, just as a sound does not belong to any one part of the lute."
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"From the passions arise worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry."
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"Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated."
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"Religion is a cow. It gives milk, but it also kicks."
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"Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true."
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"There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed."
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"How can one ever know anything if they are too busy thinking?"
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"Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow."
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"The more completely we give of ourselves, the more completely the world gives back to us."
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"Being generous, just helping one's relatives and being blameless in one's actions; this is the best good luck."
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"So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that ancient path, that ancient road? It is just this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration."
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"Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost."
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"Thus all things are subject to death, sorrow and suffering. I became aware that I too was of the same nature, the nature of beginning and end. What if I searched for that which underlies all creation, that which is nirvana, the perfect freedom from unconditioned existence?"
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"Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves."
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"There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind."
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"Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people."
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"Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is good luck."
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