Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. --Tao Te Ching
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When I say education, I mean more than acquisition of knowledge, more than mere facts, figures and book work. Education is a life-long experience in which qualities such as integrity, mental discipline, humility and honesty should be formed, particularly during the early years. [Speech 16 Nov. 1957]
-- Aga Khan IV
-- Aga Khan IV
Jihad and Buddha
If a man should conquer in battle a thousand and a thousand more, and another should conquer himself, his would be the greater victory, because the greatest of victories is the victory over oneself.
-Buddha
From Sayings of the Buddha: Reflections for Every Day, by William Wray, 2004
-Buddha
From Sayings of the Buddha: Reflections for Every Day, by William Wray, 2004
Quotes on Purification
Aashaajee Chandan thaavo to chetee-ne chaalo
ghaso dehee aap-nnee jee
ghas-te ghas-te sorabh laage
utam kamaai thaay.......................Haree anant..450
Oh Lord Be like sandlewood and conduct yourselves vigilantly
rub your bodies (let your bodies go through pain if need
be for the sake of virtue)
By continuously rubbing(the sandlewood) a pleasant
smell will occur(you will radiate goodness through
virtue)
and it will be the most exalted rewarding action
Haree You are eternal... - Anant Akhaado
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When your heart is dark as iron,
steadily polish yourself
that the heart may become a mirror,
a beautiful shine reflecting from within.
Although iron is dark and dismal,
polishing clears the darkness away.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
From The Bounty of Allah, translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?. - Rumi
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
-George Washington
ghaso dehee aap-nnee jee
ghas-te ghas-te sorabh laage
utam kamaai thaay.......................Haree anant..450
Oh Lord Be like sandlewood and conduct yourselves vigilantly
rub your bodies (let your bodies go through pain if need
be for the sake of virtue)
By continuously rubbing(the sandlewood) a pleasant
smell will occur(you will radiate goodness through
virtue)
and it will be the most exalted rewarding action
Haree You are eternal... - Anant Akhaado
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When your heart is dark as iron,
steadily polish yourself
that the heart may become a mirror,
a beautiful shine reflecting from within.
Although iron is dark and dismal,
polishing clears the darkness away.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
From The Bounty of Allah, translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?. - Rumi
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
-George Washington
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: "He who has renounced the world for My sake will surely pray to Me; he must serve Me. Is there anything very remarkable about it? People will cry shame on him if he fails to do so. But he is blessed indeed who prays to Me in the midst of his worldly duties. He is trying to find Me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero."
-Ramakrishna
From "Teachings of the Hindu Mystics," © 2001 by Andrew Harvey.
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And from all other cares released, the mind set on collecting my own spirit, to unify and discipline my spirit will I strive.
-Buddha
From Sayings of the Buddha: Reflections for Every Day, by William Wray, 2004.
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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
-Graham Greene
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There have always been, and there will always be, men of God.
-Kharaqani in Attar: Tadhkirat
From The Wisdom of Sufism, compiled by Leonard Lewisohn
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-Ramakrishna
From "Teachings of the Hindu Mystics," © 2001 by Andrew Harvey.
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And from all other cares released, the mind set on collecting my own spirit, to unify and discipline my spirit will I strive.
-Buddha
From Sayings of the Buddha: Reflections for Every Day, by William Wray, 2004.
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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
-Graham Greene
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There have always been, and there will always be, men of God.
-Kharaqani in Attar: Tadhkirat
From The Wisdom of Sufism, compiled by Leonard Lewisohn
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Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
-Emily Post
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Let us not be justices of the peace,
but angels of peace.
- Saint Theresa of Lisieux
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
-St. Francis de Sales
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People differ greatly in the amount of anxiety and worry they can stand: some can endure a great deal without being adversely affected, while others soon show signs of strain. You should observe yourself closely, so that you understand your own powers of endurance. By this means you will learn to divest yourself before any harm is done.
-Razi: Kitab al-Muluki
From 366 Readings From Islam, translated by Robert Van der Weyer.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
-Emily Post
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Let us not be justices of the peace,
but angels of peace.
- Saint Theresa of Lisieux
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
-St. Francis de Sales
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People differ greatly in the amount of anxiety and worry they can stand: some can endure a great deal without being adversely affected, while others soon show signs of strain. You should observe yourself closely, so that you understand your own powers of endurance. By this means you will learn to divest yourself before any harm is done.
-Razi: Kitab al-Muluki
From 366 Readings From Islam, translated by Robert Van der Weyer.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge you because you are a vegetarian.
- Rabbi Harold Kushner, "When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough," paraphrasing Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan
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God has the power to touch the heart of the sinner, to turn him away from his wicked ways.
-Rabi'a, "Rabi'a the Mystic"
From The Bounty of Allah, translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
-Rumi
- Rabbi Harold Kushner, "When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough," paraphrasing Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan
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God has the power to touch the heart of the sinner, to turn him away from his wicked ways.
-Rabi'a, "Rabi'a the Mystic"
From The Bounty of Allah, translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
-Rumi
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True charity remembers not only those in need who ask, but also those who are prevented by some reason from asking.
-Sura 51:19
From Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions by Sir John Templeton, © 1999
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Human fallibility being what it is, victory and truth do not always go together. Therefore, if you have to always win, you can't always be true.
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
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Happiness does not come from doing what you want, but wanting what you do.
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In Buddhism, the source of moral authority is the causal law. Be kind, be just, be humane, be honest if you desire to crown your future. Dishonesty, cruelty, inhumanity will condemn you to a miserable fall.
-Soyen Shaku
From Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions by Sir John Templeton, © 1999
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Daily Christian Wisdom
Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment...but trust in GOD, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity.
-Dwight L. Moody
-Sura 51:19
From Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions by Sir John Templeton, © 1999
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Human fallibility being what it is, victory and truth do not always go together. Therefore, if you have to always win, you can't always be true.
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
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Happiness does not come from doing what you want, but wanting what you do.
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In Buddhism, the source of moral authority is the causal law. Be kind, be just, be humane, be honest if you desire to crown your future. Dishonesty, cruelty, inhumanity will condemn you to a miserable fall.
-Soyen Shaku
From Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions by Sir John Templeton, © 1999
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Daily Christian Wisdom
Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment...but trust in GOD, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity.
-Dwight L. Moody
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Daily Christian Wisdom
A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either command them, or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.
-St. Dominic
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Whoever works righteousness benefits his own soul; whoever works evil, it is against his own soul: nor is thy Lord ever unjust (in the least) to His Servants.
-Qur'an, Fussilat, Surah 41:46
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Hope is like the wing of an angel soaring up to heaven, and bearing our prayers to the throne of God.
- Jeremy Taylor
A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either command them, or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.
-St. Dominic
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Whoever works righteousness benefits his own soul; whoever works evil, it is against his own soul: nor is thy Lord ever unjust (in the least) to His Servants.
-Qur'an, Fussilat, Surah 41:46
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Hope is like the wing of an angel soaring up to heaven, and bearing our prayers to the throne of God.
- Jeremy Taylor
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Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.
-Vesta M. Kelly
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Strike at the root of a tree; it would bleed
But still live. Strike at the trunk; it would bleed
But still live. Strike again at the top;
It would bleed but still live. The Self as life
Supports the tree, which stands firm and enjoys
The nourishment it receives.
If the Self leaves one branch, that branch withers.
If it leaves a second, that too withers.
If it leaves a third, that again withers.
Let it leave the whole tree, the whole tree dies.
Just so, dear one, when death comes and the Self
Departs from the body, the body dies.
But the Self dies not.
-Chandogya Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads, translated by Eknath Easwaran, copyright 1987
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When you are arguing against Him, you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all.
-C.S. Lewis
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The ultimate way is without difficulty; those who seek it make their own hardship. The true mind is originally pure; those who exercise it make their own defilement.
-Hui-k’ung
From Teachings of Zen, edited by Thomas Cleary, © 1998
-Vesta M. Kelly
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Strike at the root of a tree; it would bleed
But still live. Strike at the trunk; it would bleed
But still live. Strike again at the top;
It would bleed but still live. The Self as life
Supports the tree, which stands firm and enjoys
The nourishment it receives.
If the Self leaves one branch, that branch withers.
If it leaves a second, that too withers.
If it leaves a third, that again withers.
Let it leave the whole tree, the whole tree dies.
Just so, dear one, when death comes and the Self
Departs from the body, the body dies.
But the Self dies not.
-Chandogya Upanishad
Excerpted from The Upanishads, translated by Eknath Easwaran, copyright 1987
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When you are arguing against Him, you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all.
-C.S. Lewis
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The ultimate way is without difficulty; those who seek it make their own hardship. The true mind is originally pure; those who exercise it make their own defilement.
-Hui-k’ung
From Teachings of Zen, edited by Thomas Cleary, © 1998
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For all Muslims, the concepts of Din and Dunya, Faith and World, are inextricably linked. So it is not such a surprising or incongruous thing for a Muslim leader also to be involved in the world of business, the world of sport, the world of science - or the world of publishing . Cape Town 1996]
-- Aga Khan IV
-- Aga Khan IV
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing—that's why we recommend it daily.
-Zig Ziglar
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Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them-- every day begin the task anew.
-Francis de Sales
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Every good deed is charity whether you come to your brother's assistance or just greet him with a smile.
-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Ja'bir bin Abd'Allah
Hadith translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
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Who is rich? One who is happy with what he has.
- Ethics of the Fathers 4:1
-Zig Ziglar
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Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them-- every day begin the task anew.
-Francis de Sales
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Every good deed is charity whether you come to your brother's assistance or just greet him with a smile.
-The Prophet Muhammad, as reported by Ja'bir bin Abd'Allah
Hadith translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed.
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Who is rich? One who is happy with what he has.
- Ethics of the Fathers 4:1
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
- Baruch Spinoza
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"Listen to the principles of yoga. By practicing these you can break through the bonds of karma. On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is not failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear. Those who follow this path, resolving deep within themselves to seek Me alone, attain singleness of purpose. For those who lack resolution, the decisions of life are many--branched and endless."
-Bhagavad Gita 2:39-41
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran, copyright 1985
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Train yourself in this way: from higher to higher, from strength to strength we will strive, and we will come to realize unsurpassed freedom.
-Buddha
From Sayings of the Buddha: Reflections for Every Day, by William Wray, 2004.
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Good humor and character is manifested in a cheerful face, generous giving, and not imposing one's problems on others.
-Hasan Al-Basri in Nurbakhsh: Hasan Basri, 174
From The Wisdom of Sufism, compiled by Leonard Lewisohn. (c) 2001
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The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
-Muhammad Ali
- Baruch Spinoza
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"Listen to the principles of yoga. By practicing these you can break through the bonds of karma. On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is not failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear. Those who follow this path, resolving deep within themselves to seek Me alone, attain singleness of purpose. For those who lack resolution, the decisions of life are many--branched and endless."
-Bhagavad Gita 2:39-41
Excerpted from The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran, copyright 1985
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Train yourself in this way: from higher to higher, from strength to strength we will strive, and we will come to realize unsurpassed freedom.
-Buddha
From Sayings of the Buddha: Reflections for Every Day, by William Wray, 2004.
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Good humor and character is manifested in a cheerful face, generous giving, and not imposing one's problems on others.
-Hasan Al-Basri in Nurbakhsh: Hasan Basri, 174
From The Wisdom of Sufism, compiled by Leonard Lewisohn. (c) 2001
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The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
-Muhammad Ali
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Reality as it is becomes the right view of the meditator. Thinking of it as it is becomes the right thought. Awareness of it as it is becomes the right awareness. Concentration on it as it is becomes the right concentration. Actions of the body and speech are then aligned to reality as it is. In this way the meditator develops and is fulfilled.
-Majjhima Nikaya
From "Buddha Speaks," edited by Anne Bancroft, 2000.
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Those who want much, are always much in need.
-Horace
-Majjhima Nikaya
From "Buddha Speaks," edited by Anne Bancroft, 2000.
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Those who want much, are always much in need.
-Horace
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Peace be with you, for you persevered steadfastly. How blessed is the final abode.
-Qur'an, Ar-Ra'd, Surah 13:24
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999
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Wandering far,
going alone,
bodiless,
lying in a cave:
the mind.
Those who restrain it:
from Maya's bonds
they'll be freed.
-Dhammapada, 3, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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If you desire the world,
You may try to renounce it
In order to escape sorrow.
Instead, renounce desire!
Then you will be free of sorrow,
And the world will not trouble you.
-Ashtavakra Gita 16:9
From The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita, by Thomas Byrom, 1990
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Let a good man do good deeds with the same zeal that the evil man does bad ones.
- Hasidic saying attributed to the Belzer Rebbe, Shalom Rokeakh
-Qur'an, Ar-Ra'd, Surah 13:24
Translated by Aneela Khalid Arshed. Copyright 1999
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Wandering far,
going alone,
bodiless,
lying in a cave:
the mind.
Those who restrain it:
from Maya's bonds
they'll be freed.
-Dhammapada, 3, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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If you desire the world,
You may try to renounce it
In order to escape sorrow.
Instead, renounce desire!
Then you will be free of sorrow,
And the world will not trouble you.
-Ashtavakra Gita 16:9
From The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita, by Thomas Byrom, 1990
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Let a good man do good deeds with the same zeal that the evil man does bad ones.
- Hasidic saying attributed to the Belzer Rebbe, Shalom Rokeakh
Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn’t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn’t learn a little,
at least we didn’t get sick,
and if we got sick,
at least we didn’t die;
so, let us be thankful.
-The Buddha
From 'Words of Gratitude: For Mind, Body, and Soul' by Robert A. Emmons and Joanna Hill, © 2001
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Such power as I possess in the political field has derived from my experiments in the spiritual field.
-Mahatma Gandhi, in his autobiography
From Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions by Sir John Templeton, © 1999.
The first who will be summoned to paradise are those who have praised God in every circumstance.
-Traditional Islamic Saying
From 'Words of Gratitude: For Mind, Body, and Soul' by Robert A. Emmons and Joanna Hill, © 2001.
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Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
-James Dean
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for if we didn’t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn’t learn a little,
at least we didn’t get sick,
and if we got sick,
at least we didn’t die;
so, let us be thankful.
-The Buddha
From 'Words of Gratitude: For Mind, Body, and Soul' by Robert A. Emmons and Joanna Hill, © 2001
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Such power as I possess in the political field has derived from my experiments in the spiritual field.
-Mahatma Gandhi, in his autobiography
From Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions by Sir John Templeton, © 1999.
The first who will be summoned to paradise are those who have praised God in every circumstance.
-Traditional Islamic Saying
From 'Words of Gratitude: For Mind, Body, and Soul' by Robert A. Emmons and Joanna Hill, © 2001.
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Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
-James Dean
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