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" Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. "

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" No legacy is so rich as honesty. "

William Shakespeare

" 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. "

" The truth is rarely pure and never simple. "

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

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

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

" Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. "

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

" To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. "

" It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. "

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

" I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. "

" A jug fills drop by drop. "

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

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

" 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. "

" In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. "

" What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood? "

" 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. "

" Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. "

Thomas Jefferson

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

" 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. "

" No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. "

" Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. "

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

" To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance. "

" What we think, we become. "

" You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. "

" 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. "

" I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. "