"I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia."

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"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."

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"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities."

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"In a just cause the weak will beat the strong."

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"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Don't speak of action [effect]. Don't serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause."

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"Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"There are occasions and causes, why and wherefore in all things."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"As much purity one has within, his external circumstances will be that much more favorable. As much impurity there is within, there will be a corresponding amount of unfavorable external circumstances."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"Physical action [paudgalik kriya] will give only worldly fruits; it will not go in vain. If you plant sugar cane, you will eat sweet food and if you plant bitter gourd, you will eat bitter food. Plant whichever taste appeals to you and if you want liberation [Moksha], then don't plant anything. Stop sowing seeds altogether."

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"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."

"The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities."

"In a just cause the weak will beat the strong."

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."

"Don't speak of action [effect]. Don't serve the action [effect]. It is a result. But serve the causes [do the causes]. Nothing will be achieved unless you serve the cause."

"Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect."

"There are occasions and causes, why and wherefore in all things."

"But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else."

"As much purity one has within, his external circumstances will be that much more favorable. As much impurity there is within, there will be a corresponding amount of unfavorable external circumstances."

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"Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence."

"If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it."

"Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds."

"Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity."

"Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss."

"Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong."

"It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others."