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" Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. "

" Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness. "

" Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood. "

" There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. "

" Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. "

" He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana. "

" We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. "

" The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows. "

" The mind is everything. What you think you become. "

" Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits. "

" All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? "

" Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. "

" Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. "

" The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain. "

" Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. "

" Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. "

" To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. "

" With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone. "

" Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. "

" He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana. "

" A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart. "

" It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. "

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" Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom. "

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" I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. "