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"There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy."
"As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?"
"The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability."
"He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy."
"It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life."
"As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family."
"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
"We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment."
"If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?"
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"How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world."
"Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you."
"It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and whoever heard of a place haunted by a noble deed, or of beautiful and lovely ghosts revisiting the glimpses of the moon?"
"Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression."
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