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  • Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
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  • Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
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  • Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.
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  • We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
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  • All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
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  • He is able who thinks he is able.
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  • Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
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  • If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
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  • Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
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  • To keep the body in good health is a duty otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
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  • 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.
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  • The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beings.
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  • Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.
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  • As the flectcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
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  • A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
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  • Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.
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