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Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.

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Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win.

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He who wrongs the innocent must bear the fruit of his act, like dust flung against the wind.

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Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord with your belief, nor because it is the saying of your teacher. Be lamps unto yourselves. Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall rely upon themselves only and not look for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who shall reach the topmost height.

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Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.

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When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the evil-doer is insulting himself by trying to insult you.

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Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.

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Few are those among men who have crossed over to the other shore, while the rest of mankind runs along the bank. However those who follow the principles of the well-taught Truth will cross over to the other shore, out of the dominion of Death, hard though it is to escape.

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It is our own thoughts that lead us into trouble, not other people.

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

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Consider Others as Yourself.

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Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.

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The right time to show your good character is when you are pestered by someone weaker than you.

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The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one resting place after another.

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With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.

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Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

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Be lamps unto yourselves; be your own confidence. Hold truth within yourselves.

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Which do you think is more my friend, the water in the four great oceans or the tears that you have shed on this long way of taking birth again and again?

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There is pleasure And there is bliss. Forgo the first to possess the second. If you are happy At the expense of another man's happiness, You are forever bound.

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