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Advice


Remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
"Ecclesiastes", KJV, 11:10

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
"Ecclesiastes", KJV, 5:2

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Solomon  (???-931 BC)
"Ecclesiastes", KJV, 11:1

Close your eyes and you will see clearly.
Cease to listen and you will hear truth.
Be silent and your heart will sing.
Seek no contacts and you will find union.
Be still and you will move forward on the tide of the spirit.
Be gentle and you will need no strength.
Be patient and you will achieve all things.
Be humble and you will remain entire.
Taoist  meditation

Look to your own faults,
What you have done or left undone.
Overlook the faults of others.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
4. Flowers, "The Dhammapada"
Translated from Pali by Thomas Byrom'

Look not for recognition
But follow the awakened
And set yourself free.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
5. The Fool, "The Dhammapada"
Translated from Pali by Thomas Byrom'

Want nothing.
Where there is desire,
Say nothing.
Happiness or sorrow —
Whatever befalls you,
Walk on
Untouched, unattached.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
6. The Wise Man, "The Dhammapada"
Translated from Pali by Thomas Byrom'

Never speak harsh words
For they will rebound upon you.
Angry words hurt
And the hurt rebounds.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
10. Violence, "The Dhammapada"
Translated from Pali by Thomas Byrom'

The winner sows hatred
Because the loser suffers.
Let go of winning and losing
And find joy.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
15. Joy, "The Dhammapada"
Translated from Pali by Thomas Byrom'

Let go of anger.
Let go of pride.
When you are bound by nothing
You go beyond sorrow.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
17. Anger, "The Dhammapada"
Translated from Pali by Thomas Byrom'

With gentleness overcome anger.
With generosity overcome meanness.
With truth overcome deceit.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
17. Anger, "The Dhammapada"
Translated from Pali by Thomas Byrom'

It is better to do nothing
Than to do what is wrong.
For whatever you do, you do to yourself.'
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
22. The Dark, "The Dhammapada"
Translated from Pali by Thomas Byrom'

Do not turn away what is given you,
Nor reach out for what is given to others,
Lest you disturb your quietness.
Buddha Gautama  (563–483 BC)
25. The Seeker, "The Dhammapada"
Translated from Pali by Thomas Byrom

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Socrates  (469–399 BC)

Be of good hope in the face of death.  Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.
Socrates  (469–399 BC)

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Epicurus  (341–270 BC)

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
Sallust  (86–34 BC)

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,
neither cast ye your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them under their feet,
and turn again and rend you.
Jesus  (2 BC – AD 30)
"Gospel of Matthew", KJV,  (7:6)

Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Jesus  (2 BC – AD 30)
"Gospel of Matthew", KJV,  (7:7)

Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
Jesus  (2 BC – AD 30)
"Gospel of Matthew", KJV,  (7:13–14)

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Jesus  (2 BC – AD 30)
"Gospel of Matthew", KJV,  (7:15–16)

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
Plutarch  (AD 46–120)

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
Plutarch  (AD 46–120)

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Epictetus  (AD 55–135)

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings.  Then you will forget your anger.
Epictetus  (AD 55–135)

Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
Bodhidharma  (AD 470–543)

Beware the fury of a patient man.
John Dryden,  (1631–1700)

Beware of little expenses.  A small leak will sink a great ship.
Benjamin Franklin  (1706–1790)

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Benjamin Franklin  (1706–1790)

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington  (1732–1799)

Determine never to be idle.  No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any.  It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Thomas Jefferson  (1743–1826)

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson  (1803–1882)

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Abraham Lincoln  (1809–1865)

If you are going through hell, keep going.
Winston Churchill  (1874–1965)

Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on the way down.
Wilson Mizner  (1876–1933)

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein  (1879–1955)

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein  (1879–1955)


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