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Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much…
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.
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Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
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To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God
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Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a…
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Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
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Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but…
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The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
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I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.
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What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?
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As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices…
— Gautama Buddha
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No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.
— Chi Chi Rodriguez
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Many people profess Christianity. Very few live it-almost none. And when you live it people may think you're crazy. It has been…
— Peace Pilgrim
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One who practices jnana yoga has practiced the other yogas for many, many lifetimes.
— Frederick Lenz
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One who practices the yoga of love is like child. When the child has a problem, it cries. When it cries, someone…
— Frederick Lenz
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A person of wisdom is not one who practices Buddhism apart from worldly affairs but, rather, one who thoroughly understands the principles…
— Nichiren
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A traitor is a betrayer - one who practices injury, while professing friendship. Benedict Arnold was a traitor, solely because, while professing…
— Lysander Spooner
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One who practices pure religion soon discovers it is more rewarding to lift a man up than to hold him down.
— Marvin J. Ashton
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Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you…
— Cesar Chavez
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What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to…
— Epictetus
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