"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. "
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"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. "
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"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
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"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."
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"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."
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"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
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"It is better to travel well than to arrive."
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"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
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"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true. "
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"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? "
"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? "
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"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."
"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."
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"The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart."
Gautama Buddha
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---Today in China Buddhists celebrate the birthday of Gautama Buddha Shakyamuni.
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