"The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways."
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"When one sees that everything exists as an illusion, one can live in a higher sphere than ordinary man."
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"It is impossible to underestimate the significance of your today's choices"
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"As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth."
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"Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice."
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"All the holy words you read and all the holy words you speak are as nothing if you do not act upon them. Even if you read little and say little but live the right way, forsaking craving, hatred and delusion, you will know the truth and find calmness and will show others the path."
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"Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom."
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"I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering."
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"Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind"
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"The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven."
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"Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is. In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom. We must be diligent today. To wait until tomorrow is too late. Death comes unexpectedly. How can we bargain with it? The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night and day, 'one who knows the better way to live alone.'"
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"All beings tremble before violence. All love life. All fear death. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do?"
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"To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual."
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"On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property."
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"You create what you defend against."
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"Happiness follows sorrow, sorrow follows happiness, but when one no longer discriminates happiness and sorrow, a good deal and a bad deed, one is able to realize freedom."
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"Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees. Non-affliction is happiness in the world - harmlessness towards all living beings."
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"Understand the suffering of worldly existence. Abandon its causes of ignorance and selfishness. Practice the path of meditation and compassion. Awaken from suffering within Great Peace."
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"It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes."
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"The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next"
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