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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil t...more

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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common s...more

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How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are.

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With our thoughts we make the world.

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a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

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Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

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Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

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Just to say 'I believe' or 'I do not doubt' does not mean that you understand and see. To force oneself to see and accept a thing without understandin...more

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Subhuti, someone might fill innumerable worlds with the seven treasures and give all away in gifts of alms, but if any good man or any good woman awak...more

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Let a man leave anger, let him forsake pride, let him overcome all bondage! No sufferings befall the man who is not attached to name and form and who ...more

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Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the

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Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.]