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A Few Random Quotes

• “Defiled by passion, the mind is not released. Defiled by ignorance, wisdom does not develop. Thus from the fading of passion is there release of awareness. From the fading of ignorance is there release of wisdom.” -- Anguttara Nikaya
  
  
• “What is a good man?
  Simply one whose life is useful to the world.
  And a bad man is simply one whose life is harmful to others.
  There are, however, those who are harmful and yet enjoy a good reputation, and who manage to profit by a show of usefulness.
  These are the worst of all.” -- Chang Chao, 15th Century
  
  
• “Anthropologists have often described what happens to a primitive society when its spiritual values are exposed to the impact of modern civilisation. Its people lose the meaning of their lives, their social organisation disintegrates, and they themselves morally decay. We are now in the same condition. But we have never really understood what we have lost, for our spiritual leaders unfortunately were more interested in protecting their institutions than in understanding the mystery that symbols present.” -- Carl Jung
  
  
• “As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.” -- The Buddha
  
  
• “Hatred is not appeased by hatred in this world. By love alone is it appeased. This is a law Eternal.” -- The Buddha
  
  
• “The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.” -- Spinoza
  
  
• “People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them.” -- Epictetus, c 200 AD
  
  
• “Be kind.
  Everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.” -- Phyllos
  
  
• “There is only consciousness. There is no individual apart from consciousness who is conscious.” -- Adyashanti
  
  
• “Our species is far too clever to survive without wisdom.” -- E.F. Schumacker
  
  

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