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"The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently."

"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."

"To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon."

"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."
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"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."

"A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker."

"Those who attempt to conquer hatred by hatred are like warriors who take weapons to overcome others who bear arms. This does not end hatred, but gives it room to grow. But, ancient wisdom has advocated a different timeless strategy to overcome hatred. This eternal wisdom is to meet hatred with non-hatred. The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom."

"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes."

"Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness."

"When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die."
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