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Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha It is in a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that leads him to evil ways.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha 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.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha The teaching is simple. Do what is right. Be Pure.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha The mind is everything. What you think, you become.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Success isn’t the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone.
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A. J. JacobsA. J. Jacobs I’m definitely not a follower. This is our job. This is what we do. If you’re not having fun here, you shouldn’t be here.
A. J. BurnettA. J. Burnett I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man, and therefore I am a god.
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A. B. SimpsonA. B. Simpson Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.
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