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#280 "Who strives not when he should strive, who, though young and strong, is given to idleness, who is loose in his purpose and thoughts, and who is lazy --- THAT idler never finds the way to wisdom." The Dhammapada (words of truth)

 #85 -- Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side. "Words of Truth" from the Dhammapada

 #5 Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; it is appeased by love. This is an eternal law. "Words of Truth" Selections from the DHAMMAPADA

#96 Calm is the thought, calm is the word and deed of him who, rightly knowing, is wholly freed, perfectly peaceful and equipoised. -- "The Words of Truth" Selections from the DHAMMAPADA 

#116 Make haste in doing good; restrain your mind from evil, Whosoever is slow in doing good, his mind delights in evil. -- from "The Words of Truth" selections from THE DHAMMAPADA

 #252 The fault of others is easily seen; but one's own is hard to see. Like chaff one winnows other's faults; but one's own one conceals as a crafty fowler disguises himself. -- from "The Words of Truth" Selections from THE DHAMMAPADA

 #240 As rust,arisen out of iron, eats itself away, even so his own deeds lead the transgressor to the states of woe. "The Words of truth" Selections from THE DHAMMAPADA

 #103 One may conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, yet he is the best of conquerors who conquers himself. -- "The Words of Truth" Selections from the DHAMMAPADA