It's important to strive to do good, and even more important to
strive to abstain from evil.
Abstention should be a habit in your life; it should support you
in your virtues. For he who is resolute in goodness, there is nothing that he could
not overcome.
— Lao
Tzu
Put at least half of
your energy into making yourself free of empty wishes, and very soon you will see
that in so doing you will receive much greater fulfillment and happiness.
— After Epictetus
God tests everyone, one
with wealth, another with poverty. A rich man is tested in whether he would
extend an arm of support to those who need it; a poor man in whether he would
bear all his sufferings without discontent and with obedience.
— The Talmud
I will
call the right groom he who can stop his rage, which goes as fast as the
fastest chariot. Other people have no power; they just hold the reins.
— Dhammapada - a book of Buddhist Wisdom
No matter how many times you aim to
achieve victory over your passions, do
not give up. Every effort weakens the power of passion and makes it easier to
gain victory over it.
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