In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Do not think of how big the universe is, it will merely hurt your head.Buddha
The example of the raft shows dharmas should be treated as provisional, as means to an end. The same holds good of emptiness too, the negation of dharmas. This corollary has elsewhere been illustrated by the simile of medicine which can heal any ill
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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
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It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.
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The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
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As the Fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
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