From Jataka: “Now, therefore, it behooves me to examine into my faults; and if I find anything wrong in me, to put it away, and practice virtue only.”
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Quote of the day 06/19/25
From the Sabbasava-sutta: “So soon as there springs up within him an angry, malicious thought, some sinful, wrong disposition, … he puts it away, removes it, destroys it, he makes it not to be.”
Quote of the day 06/15/25
From the Udanavarga: “Though a man conquer a thousand thousand men in battle, a greater conqueror still is he who conquers himself.”
Quote of the day 05/26/25
From Miyamoto Musashi: “You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain.”
Quote of the day 04/07/25
From the Hekiganrobu: “To meet with ill fortune is to meet with good fortune. To meet with submission is to meet with an enemy.”
Quote of the day 03/07/25
From Francis Bacon: “Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.”
Quote of the day 03/05/25
From Francis Bacon: “He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.”
Quote of the day 02/16/25
From Rumi: “Be melting snow.Wash yourself of yourself.”
Quote of the day 02/14/25
From Rumi: “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
Quote of the day 02/13/25
From Rumi: “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
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