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"We should acquire power and strength so that we could vanquish our enemies and enjoy a long life full of happiness and prosperity and face death without fear." - Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda
"Herbs (medicines),while descending down from heaven to earth proclaimed those who eat us, are never destroyed." - Yajur Veda, or Yajurveda
"Beauty may leave the moon, Himavaan may become bereft of snow, the ocean may transgress its shores but I will never violate the promise given by my father." - Valmiki NULL
"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?" - Tripitaka or Tipitaka NULL
"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true." - Tripitaka or Tipitaka NULL
"All good and wise advisors, we should not be unfilial disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha." - Hsuan Hua, aka An Tzu and Tu Lun
"The image of the Buddha on the altar is clearly not a divinity or Sage. It is a representation, an artistic image ... that points back to human who realized the highest wisdom. The Buddha cultivated his nature to an awakened state. The image symbolizes his realization of humanity's potential and aspiration for the highest goodness and compassion. When you bow, symbolically you honor your own potential for great wisdom. Furthermore, bowing is good exercise. It is not idol worship, which is superstitious and passive. Bowing to the Buddha is a practice of a principle; it is dynamic and active." - Hsuan Hua, aka An Tzu and Tu Lun
"Hell is truth seen too late—duty neglected in its season." - Tryon Edwards
"To say nothing of the divine law, on mere worldly grounds it is plain that nothing is more conducive to the health, intelligence, comfort, and independence of the working classes, and to our prosperity as a people, than our Sabbath." - Tryon Edwards
"The universe seems silent and unmoving, yet its natural functions never cease. The sun and moon hurry along day and night, yet their brightness never diminishes. By the same token, the noble person is alert while at leisure, and makes time for tasteful pursuits when busy with duties." - Hung Tzu-ch'eng, also Hong Zicheng or Hóng Zìchéng, born Hong Yingming
"In the company of the blind, close your eyes." - Turkish Proverbs
"Who steals the minaret will have a cover ready." - Turkish Proverbs
"Education is the organization of acquired habits of conduct and tendencies to behavior ." - William James
"Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom." - William James
"O Ceremony, show me but thy worth? What is thy soul of adoration? Art thou aught else but place, degree, and form, Creating awe and fear in other men?" - William Shakespeare
"O! what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!" - William Shakespeare
"O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, whilst bloody treason flourished over us." - William Shakespeare
"The Lotus SÅ«tra refers to one seeking the lesser fruit and states, 'Does not go near.' None of the bhiká¹£us of this country seek the lesser fruit." - Saichō NULL
"The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city." - Euripedes NULL
"Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold." - Euripedes NULL
"The Americans are the illegitimate children of the English." - H. L. Mencken, fully Henry Louis Mencken
"There are many roads to Rome." - Italian Proverbs
"I will not give you counsel, saying do this, or do that. For not in doing or contriving, nor in choosing between this course and another, can I avail; but only in knowing what was and is, and in part also what shall be." - J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien