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“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
“Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”
“Hatred does not cease by hatred but only by love. This is the eternal rule leading to peace.”
“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”
“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?”
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
“There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.”
“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.”
“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”
“Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”
“One who has mastered himself is a far greater hero than one who has conquered a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield.”
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow.”
“An evil deed does not turn to cream right away, but like fire covered with ashes, it follows the fool, smoldering.”
“The deed cannot be undone; what is done is never lost, but comes back to find the doer.”
“Not in the sky, not in the midst of the sea, not even in the clefts of the mountains is there a spot where a man may be freed from an evil deed.”
“When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”
“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
“What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind.”
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
“He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest.”
“Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”
“Not in the sky, nor in mid-ocean, nor in a mountain cave, is there a spot in the whole world where one may escape from the fruit of an evil action.”
“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”
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