"Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living."
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"Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart."
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"Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care."
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"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways."
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"Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone."
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"We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow."
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"Do not speak - unless it improves on silence."
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"One who does not rouse themself when it is time to rise, who, though capable, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle person will never find their way to true knowledge."
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"Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good."
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"In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?"
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"Will not be punished for your anger, your anger is the punishment."
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"Let us live most happily, free from hatred in the midst of the hateful; Let us remain free from hatred in the midst of people who hate."
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"How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Perceptions are known they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. This is how a monk stays awake."
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"If it is not truthful and not helpful, don't say it. If it is truthful and not helpful, don't say it. If it is not truthful and helpful, don't say it. If it is truthful and helpful, wait for the right time."
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"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
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"Let a man overcome anger by love."
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"Radiate boundless love towards the entire world - above, below, and across - unhindered, without ill will, without enmity."
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"The trouble is you think you have time."
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"Those... who find delight in freedom from attachment in the renunciation of clinging, free from the inflow of thoughts, they are like shining lights, having reached final liberation in the world."
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"Kindnessis giving others happiness.Compassionis removing others' bitterness.Joyis freeing others from suffering."
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