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Those attached to the notion ‘I am’ and to views roam the world offending people.
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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
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Men, driven on by thirst, run about like a snared hare; let therefore mendicant drive out thirst, by striving after passionlessness for himself.
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When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
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The instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
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Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.
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As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.
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Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.
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In separateness lies the world’s greatest misery; in compassion lies the world’s true strength.
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Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.
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Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.