5072144097 | "Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time... character has to be established through a thousand lifetimes." | Hinduism | 0 | |
5072144098 | "Highest good is like water because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes close to the way." | Daoism | 1 | |
5072144099 | "The wise man has control of body, tongue, and mind. He is the true master." | Buddhism | 2 | |
5072144100 | "Seeing that our body, with hair and skin, is derived from our parents, we should now allow it to be injured in any way. this is the begining of filial respect. We develop our own character and practice the way so as to perpetuate our name for future generations, and to bring honor to our parents." | Confucianism | 3 | |
5072144101 | "Love yourself and be awake- Today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way, Then teach others, And so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing- Straighten yourself. You are your only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, And discover your master." | Buddhism | 4 | |
5072144102 | "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." | Daoism | 5 | |
5072144103 | "The sage, because he does nothing, never ruins anything; and because he does not lay hold of anything loses nothing." | Daoism | 6 | |
5072144104 | "The mind is flighty, and hard to grasp; The mind pursues all its desires. To tame the mind is great goodness. Subdue the mind and know tranquility." | Daoism | 7 | |
5072144105 | "It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by other." | Legalism | 8 | |
5072144106 | "Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs, all moral creatures must depend on each other to exist." | Hinduism | 9 | |
5072144107 | "Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." | Buddhism | 10 | |
5072144108 | "Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star." | Confucianism | 11 | |
5072144109 | "Hence, the interests of the state and the individual are mutually at odds, and both cannot prevail at the same time." | Legalism | 12 | |
5072144110 | "Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of; jhan, atmanishtha, vairagya, dharma, and the full-fledged to God." | Hinduism | 13 | |
5072144111 | "As fire, though one, takes the shape of every object which it consumes, so the self, though one, takes the shape of every object in which it dwells." | Hinduism | 14 | |
5072144112 | "Tsze-Yu said, 'In serving a prince, frequent remonstrances lead to disgrace between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant.'" | Confucianism | 15 | |
5072144113 | "To study and not to think is a waste to think and not study is dangerous." | Confucianism | 16 | |
5072144114 | "Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your unguarded thoughts." | Buddhism | 17 | |
5072144115 | "Indeed, customs differ between the past and the present. Try to govern the people of a chaotic age with benevolence and lenient measures is like to drive wild horses without reins and whips." | Legalism | 18 | |
5072144116 | "Like a spider caught in its own web is a person driven by fierce cravings, break out of the web, turn away from the world of sensory pleasure and sorrow." | Buddhism | 19 | |
5072144117 | "A woman with a long tongue is a stepping stone disorder. Disorder does not come down from heaven. It is produced by women." | Confucianism | 20 |
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