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" The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. "

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" We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. "

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" 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. "

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

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

" The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground. "

" I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world. "

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" Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. "

" Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. "

" The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. "

" Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection. "

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