Religious Thought

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Laugh when troubles come your way. There is nothing better to conquer calamity. A flood of troubles will vanish the moment The mind of a wise man collects itself to face them.

- Tirukkural 63: 621-622

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Whoever, with a rod, harasses an innocent man, unarmed, quickly falls into any of ten things: harsh pains, devastation, a broken body, grave illness, mental derangement, trouble with the government, violent slander, relatives lost, property dissolved, houses burned down. At the break-up of the body this one with no disconcernment, reappears in hell.

- Dhammapada, 137-140, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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There are ninety-nine names that are attributed to Allah. Those who invoke them shall enter Paradise.

- Hadith The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah

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Speak little, listen much.

- St. Ignatius of Loyola

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Man never acts in a manner more resembling God than when he bestows benefits.

- Philo, Special Laws

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But a man without desires is a lion. When the senses see him, It is they who take flight! They run away like elephants, As quietly as they can. As if they cannot escape, They serve him like slaves.

- Ashtavakra Gita 18:46

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As a cowherd with a rod drives cows to the field, so aging and death drive the life of living beings.

- Dhammapada, 135, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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Hasten with your charity, because disaster does not trample it.

- Hadith The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by 'Ali bin Abi Talib

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Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure; where your treasure, there your heart; where you heart, there your happiness.

- Augustine of Hippo

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One who says, "Let good people [and only good people] bless You," is considered to have spoken heresy.

- Mishna Megillah 4:9

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