“As a fletcher makes straight his arrow, a wise man makes straight… — Dhammapada 33 (Müller)

All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

— Dhammapada 2 (Müller)Buddhist

For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.

— Dhammapada 5 (Müller)Buddhist

By rousing himself, by earnestness, by restraint and control, the wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.

— Dhammapada 25 (Müller)Buddhist

It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness.

— Dhammapada 35 (Müller)Buddhist

As a fletcher makes straight his arrow, a wise man makes straight his trembling and… — Dhammapada 33 (Müller)

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