It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

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Life is suffering.

Life is suffering.

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which...

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today,...

Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give...

Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give...

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do...

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do...

Why since I am myself subject to birth, ageing, disease, death, sorrows and defilement, do...

Why since I am myself subject to birth, ageing, disease, death, sorrows and defilement, do...

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and...

Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and...

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but...

Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but...

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and...

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and...

Born out of concern for all beings.

Born out of concern for all beings.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless...

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless...

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself...

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself...

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves...

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves...

It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare...

It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never...

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never...

Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised

Our virtues are most often but our vices disguised

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.