"Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world."
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"Mankind have love, animals have affection. The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed."
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"Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm, even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out, suffering springs up again and again."
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"You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up."
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"When faced with the vicissitudes of life, one's mind remains unshaken, sorrow-less, stainless, secure; this is the greatest welfare"
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"As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth."
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"There is no fire like passion: there is no evil and hatred."
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"Mutual respect and mutual listening are the foundations of harmony within the family."
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"There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain."
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"The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment"
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"Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change."
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"He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes."
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"He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape."
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"Wherever you live is your temple, if you treat it like one."
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"Remember that the only constant in life is change."
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"What's done to the children is done to society."
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"You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel?"
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"The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred and error."
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"All acts of living become bad by ten things, and by avoiding the ten things they become good. There are three evils of the body, four evils of the tongue, and three evils of the mind."
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"If a man who has committed many a misdemeanor does not repent and cleanse his heart of the evil, retribution will come upon his person as sure as the streams run into the ocean which becomes ever deeper and wider. If a man who has committed a misdemeanor come to the knowledge of it, reform himself, and practise goodness, the force of retribution will gradually exhaust itself as a disease gradually loses its baneful influence when the patient perspires."
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