"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."

Buddha on happiness
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"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

Gandhi, Mahatma on forgiveness
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"He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own."

Confucius on war
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"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."

Confucius on revenge
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"We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves."

Confucius on happiness
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"The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development."

Confucius on growth
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"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."

Buddha on control
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"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. [Hebrews 13:2]"

Bible on angels
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"In Heaven an angel is nobody in particular."

Shaw, George Bernard on angels
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"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned."

Buddha on anger
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"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger."

Buddha on anger
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"He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven."

Herbert, George on forgiveness
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