- “Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.”
- “To understand everything is to forgive everything.”
- “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”
- “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.”
- “All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”
- “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?”
- “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”
- “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
- “He is able who thinks he is able.”
- “It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
- “To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.”
- “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
- “A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”
- “The tongue like a sharp knife … Kills without drawing blood.”
- “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
- “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
The tendency of our childish nature is to take small things too seriously and get easily offended, whereas when we are confronted with situations which have long-term consequences, we tend to take things less seriously
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