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“I think what happens in a religious life is that we have those experiences of affirmation and that one starts to live a Christian life or a Jewish life or a Muslim life or a Buddhist life, by affirming that affirmation each day. Each day you say 'Yes' to that Yes. So the life of being a Christian for example, is always a life of double affirmation, that you each day say 'Yes' to those counter-experiences of saying 'Yes', even when you're not experiencing them at that time, you're remaining loyal to that experience.”

“Concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”

“Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

“Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.”

“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.”

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

“With our thoughts we make the world.”

“Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.”

“However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?”

“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”

“It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.”

“What you think you become.”

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”