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todmsg[0]="Live every act fully, as if it were your last."
todmsg[1]="Love in the past is only a memory.  Love in the future is a fantasy.  Only here and now can we truly love."
todmsg[2]="Most of the sorrows of  earths humans cause for themselves."
todmsg[3]="Even loss and betrayal can be awakening."
todmsg[4]="Words have the power to destroy or heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."
todmsg[5]="Every wakeful step, even mindful act is the direct path of awakening. Whenever you go, they you are."
todmsg[6]="Our worst enemy cannot harm us as much as our own unwise thoughts. No one can help us as much as our own compassionate thoughts."
todmsg[7]="In our family, respect and listening are the source of harmony."
todmsg[8]="To give your cow or sheep a large, spacious meadow is the best way to control him."
todmsg[9]="To open our own heart like a Buddha, we must embrace then ten thousand joys and ten thousand sorrows."
todmsg[10]="The heart is like a garden.  It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?"
todmsg[11]="True freedom comes when we follow our Buddha nature, the natural goodness our of heart."
todmsg[12]="Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity, and peace. That is the path for you to follow."
todmsg[13]="Wherever you live is your temple if you treat it like one."
todmsg[14]="Though we often live unconsciously, on automatic pilot, every one of us can learn to be awake. It just takes practice."
todmsg[15]="The mind contains all possibilities."
todmsg[16]="If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you think you will find it."
todmsg[17]="Life is as fleeting as a rainbow, a flash of lighting, a star at dawn. Knowing this, how can you quarrel?"
todmsg[18]="Hatred never ceases by hatred; by love alone it is healed. This is the ancient and eternal law."
todmsg[19]="Victory creates hatred, defeat creates suffering. Those who are wise strive for neither victory nor defeat."
todmsg[20]="Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable.  A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed."
todmsg[21]="Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose."
todmsg[22]="In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."
todmsg[23]="Happiness comes when your work and words are benefit to yourself and other."
todmsg[24]="We are not independent but interdependent."
todmsg[25]="Spiritual life should include a great measure of common sense."
todmsg[26]="We can be spacious, yet full of loving kindness; full of compassion, yet serene. Live like the strings of a fine instrument -- not too taut and not too loose."
todmsg[27]="If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete."
todmsg[28]="Good-humored patience is necessary with mischievous children and your own mind."
todmsg[29]="Life is so hard, how can we do anything but kind?"
todmsg[30]="Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion."
todmsg[31]="Everything in moderation, including moderation."
todmsg[32]="There is only one time when it is essential to awaken.  The time is now."
todmsg[33]="Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions. Without reactions the world becomes clear."
todmsg[34]="It is not our preferences that cause problems but our attachment to them."
todmsg[35]="Joy comes not through passion or worship but through a wise and loving heart."
todmsg[36]="The more fully we give our energy, the more it returns to us."
todmsg[37]="Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."
todmsg[38]="The trouble is that you think you have time."
todmsg[39]="Blessings come from care, troubles come from carelessness."
todmsg[40]="If you do not care for each other, who will care for you."
todmsg[41]="Avoid the company of deluded people when you can. When you cannot, keep your own counsel."
todmsg[42]="When leading, be generous with the community, honorable in action, sincere in your words.  As for the rest, do not be concerned."
todmsg[43]="In business, reinvest a portion of all you make, keep a portion of your use, save a portion for those in need."
todmsg[44]="Whatever we cultivate in times of ease, we gather in strength for time of change."
todmsg[45]="Learn to respond, not react."
todmsg[46]="No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today."
todmsg[47]="Our body is precious. It is the vehicle for awakening.  Treat it with care."
todmsg[48]="When you eat, eat slowly and listen to your body. Let your stomach tell you when you stop, not your eyes or tongue."
todmsg[49]="An upright posture and a few relaxed breaths can make a great difference."
todmsg[50]="We do not need more knowledge but more wisdom. Wisdom comes for our own attention."
todmsg[51]="There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdoms."
todmsg[52]="When asked, Are you a God or a Man? The Buddha replied, I am awake."
todmsg[53]="Whoever sees the truth, see the Buddha."
todmsg[54]="Desires blind us, like the pick pocket who sees only the Saint's pockets."
todmsg[55]="Not getting what you desire and getting what you deserve can both be disappointing."
todmsg[56]="When wishes are few, the heart is happy.  When desire ends, there is peace."
todmsg[57]="That which is timeless is found now."
todmsg[58]="As you travel through life, offer good wishes to each being you meet."
todmsg[59]="Just as driving on the right side of the road gives us freedom to go anywhere, so accepting the natural law of constant change is our route to freedom."
todmsg[60]="Whatever path of action you find that brings good and happiness to all, follow this way like the moon in the path of the stars."
todmsg[61]="In wisdom be a lamp, a light unto yourself."
todmsg[62]="Karma can change life like the swish of a horse's tail."
todmsg[63]="Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true."
todmsg[64]="When you walk, just walk; when you eat, just eat."
todmsg[65]="Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinion."
todmsg[66]="To meditate is to listen with a receptive heart."
todmsg[67]="A glory comes from daring to begin."
todmsg[68]="If I shoot at the sun I may hit a star."
todmsg[69]="The work of an individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward."
todmsg[70]="He who seizes the right moment, is the right person."
todmsg[71]="Light tomorrow with today."
todmsg[72]="You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
todmsg[73]="There's no such word as can't."
todmsg[74]="Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance."
todmsg[75]="As a woman thinketh, so is she."
todmsg[76]="Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way."
todmsg[77]="Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and to sickness, to riches and to poverty, to freedom and to slavery.  It is we who control these, and not another."
todmsg[78]="To be on the cutting edge, you need  an edge to cut with.  That edge is your belief in yourself sharp and ready to go."
todmsg[79]="Thoughts are energy and you can make your world or break your world by your thinking."
todmsg[80]="There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself."
todmsg[81]="If you're trying to do something really well, your constantly questioning yourself.  Self-doubt, I think is what it is.  To renew and reaffirm what you do, you have to do it on a daily basis."
todmsg[82]="Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation...Questions are the key that cause the secret doors of the psyche to swing open."
todmsg[83]="Nothing contributes so much as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."
todmsg[84]="Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury."
todmsg[85]="Never give up, keep your thoughts and your mind always on the goal."
todmsg[86]="The greatest achievements were at first and for sometime dreams."
todmsg[87]="Dreams are the soul's pantry.  Keep it well stocked and your soul will never hunger."
todmsg[88]="There is nothing like a dream to create the future.  Utopia today, flesh and blood tomorrow."
todmsg[89]="It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting..."
todmsg[90]="Care to have a dream.  Be sure to have a dream."
todmsg[91]="To stop learning, is to stop living."
todmsg[92]="A man will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone."
todmsg[93]="If outrageous imagination is the wine of madness, then come fill my cup."
todmsg[94]="Hope is the source of strength.  We can depend on our arms and hands, but we can't do anything without hope."
todmsg[95]="...if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours."
todmsg[96]="Most people seem to be interested in turning their dreams into reality.  Then there are those who turn reality into dreams.  I belong to the latter group."
todmsg[97]="It is time now for us to rise from sleep."
todmsg[98]="The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in."
todmsg[99]="Strive for growth."
todmsg[100]="...we have to grow, we have to move forward, to learn and evolve, add to our dictionary of life."
todmsg[101]="Where there is great love, there is always miracles."
todmsg[102]="There is only one journey.  Going inside yourself."
todmsg[103]="Hold a true friend with both your hands."
todmsg[104]="Promises may get friends, but it's performances that keep them."
todmsg[105]="Sharing with another is a simple way to say....we need each other."
todmsg[106]="I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with the roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frostwork, but the solidest thing we know."
todmsg[107]="Maybe we're friends not because of all we've shared or all we know about each other.  Maybe what makes us friends is that despite all that, we are still friends."
todmsg[108]="I don't meddle with what my friends believe or reject, anymore than I ask whether they are rich or poor.  I love them."
todmsg[109]="We can never replace a friend.  When a man is fortunate enough to have several, he finds them all different.  No one has a double friendship."
todmsg[110]="Friendship must be learned, & learned again & again; there is no end to it."
todmsg[111]="Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.  Don't walk behind, I may not lead.  Walk beside me and just be my friend."
todmsg[112]="Live for another if you wish to live for yourself."
todmsg[113]="Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same."
todmsg[114]="When friends ask, there is no tomorrow."
todmsg[115]="A friend is, as it were, a second self."
todmsg[116]="Friendship cannot be negotiated."
todmsg[117]="The true way and the sure way to friendship is...being open to each other just as we are, knowing each other."
todmsg[118]="Accept people for who they are, not what they are."
todmsg[119]="Draw strength from each other."
todmsg[120]="In friendship we find nothing false or insincere: everything is straightforward and springs from the heart."
todmsg[121]="The things which our friends do with and for us form a portion in our lives; for they strengthen & advance our personality."
todmsg[122]="A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself."
todmsg[123]="A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can."
todmsg[124]="No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth."
todmsg[125]="I keep my friends as misers, do their treasure, because of all things granted us by wisdom, none is as great or better than friendship."
todmsg[126]="When a friend laughs, it is for him to disclose the subject of his joy; when he weeps, it is for me to discover the cause of his sorrow."
todmsg[127]="When being together is more important than what you do, you are with a friend."
todmsg[128]="A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart....knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, and keep what is worth keeping."
todmsg[129]="A true friend is forever a friend."
todmsg[130]="Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
todmsg[131]="A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself."
todmsg[132]="Friends feed each other’s spirits & dreams & hopes; they feed each other with the things a soul needs to live."
todmsg[133]="Friendship is a sheltering tree."
todmsg[134]="Times change; but they shouldn't change friends."
todmsg[135]="A faithful friend is the medicine of life."
todmsg[136]="Silences make the real conversations between friends.  Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts."
todmsg[137]="A true friend doesn't sympathize with your weakness; instead he helps summon your strength."
todmsg[138]="Friendship is a treasury: you cannot take from it more than you put into it."
todmsg[139]="Every road is rough to me that has no friend to cheer it."
todmsg[140]="No matter how my life changes, my need for friends continue."
todmsg[141]="That's how it is with people sometimes.  When you least expect it, a common thread-golden, at that-begins to weave together the fabric of friendship."
todmsg[142]="The glory of friendship...is the inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him."
todmsg[143]="You meet your friend, your face brightens - you have struck gold."
todmsg[144]="Life is to be fortified by many friendships.  To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence."
todmsg[145]="One does not make friends; one recognizes them."
todmsg[146]="Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as nourished with kindness & understanding."
todmsg[147]="I am part of all that I have met."
todmsg[148]="The finest kind of friendship is between people who expect a great deal but never as it."
todmsg[149]="It is not so much our friends' help that helps us a the confident knowledge that they will help us."
todmsg[150]="My friend picked me up when I was down, made me laugh though my eyes were full of tears, held me close when there was nothing else to do."
todmsg[151]="Friendship is a cozy shelter from life's rainy days."
todmsg[152]="What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?"
todmsg[153]="If I had a flower for every time I think of you, I could walk forever in my garden."
todmsg[154]="Friendship is not only doing something for someone, but it is caring for someone, which is what every person needs."
todmsg[155]="We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend."
todmsg[156]="Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
todmsg[157]="Love - I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I'm with you.  I love you, Not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me."
todmsg[158]="Live one meditative day well, with morality, wisdom and goodness, rather than a hundred years badly."
todmsg[159]="We shouldn't deny the pain of what happens in our lives.  We should just refuse to focus only on the valleys."
todmsg[160]="Do your duty, show kindness to others and keep them from suffering."
todmsg[161]="Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
todmsg[162]="Support your parents, and care for your own family.  Follow peace at all times.  This is a true blessing."
todmsg[163]="A disciplined horse needs no whip, and neither does the disciplined mind.  Both are trained in good habits as a way of life."
todmsg[164]="If you can look at situations with a balanced point of view, without attachment or indulging in harmful acts, then it may be said that you are living a proper life, a righteous life."
todmsg[165]="It is easy to be bad, more difficult to be good."
todmsg[166]="A truly holy person accepts what he or she is given, and is never envious. Envy does not assist meditation"
todmsg[167]="Rise above the five obstacles and be free of the five attachments.  This will lead you to the greatest happiness."
todmsg[168]="One well-chosen word or one well-chosen line of poetry, which brings the listener peace, is better than a thousand spoken in vain."
todmsg[169]="Like fresh milk, it takes time for a bad deed to turn sour. Like a smoldering fire, it burns the novice slowly."
todmsg[170]="It is no good reciting the scriptures if you don't live your life by them. It is better to know a few texts well, to overcome desire and live your life properly.  This will give you a wonderful life."
todmsg[171]="Live in accord with nature, and if you see things as they really are there will be no wanting in your life.  This will give you detachment."
todmsg[172]="A real gift is one for which nothing is required in return."
todmsg[173]="Dig up and destroy the root of desire if you do not want temptation to control your life. For a tree which has been cut down will grown again if given the chance, and so will desire if the roots are not destroyed."
todmsg[174]="If there is no open wound on your hand, then no infection can harm you.  Similarly, no harm will come to you if you undertake no harmful actions."
todmsg[175]="To have good friends is truly excellent. To have good friends when you die is absolutely wonderful.  But best of all it is good to overcome suffering."
todmsg[176]="It is better to conquer yourself than to conquer thousands of others.  Victory over oneself is something not even the gods can reverse."
todmsg[177]="Strife can only cause more strife. Only an open heart can put an end to strife. This is a Universal Law. Remember the center point during a disagreement and strife will quickly end."
todmsg[178]="If your teacher disciplines you, instructs you on what is right, or restrains you from doing wrong, such a person will be loved by the good and reviled by the bad."
todmsg[179]="There is no fire like passion, no scourge like hatred, no ache like hunger; no suffering greater than mental anguish, no happiness greater than peace, and nothing greater than Nirvana."
todmsg[180]="Live in accord with nature, and if you are satisfied there will be no wanting in your life.  This will bring you great joy."
todmsg[181]="Whatever is the cause of your suffering, do not cause suffering to another."
todmsg[182]="Enjoy only the company of the good, not the bad."
todmsg[183]="Look at the world as a mirage, as a bubble floating in front of you. See it like this and death will have no fear for you, and you will not be attached to the world."
todmsg[184]="Neither pretty words nor a pretty face can make an envious, deceitful and greedy person beautiful of heart.  Only those without these traits can be known as such."
todmsg[185]="Anger corrupts, as weeds choke a field. Be free of anger, and honor those who are also free."
todmsg[186]="Courtesy is most precious. Beauty without courtesy is like a garden without flowers."
todmsg[187]="If you adhere to what is taught by your teacher, your life will be full of happiness."
todmsg[188]="When you become enlightened, when your good deeds overcome bad, you will illuminate the world as the moon does when it breaks free from the clouds."
todmsg[189]="Delusion corrupts, as weeds choke a field. Be free of delusion, and honor those who are also free."
todmsg[190]="Nothing holds tighter than attachment to family and money.  Break these attachments by overcoming desire, and turn your back on material and sensual pleasures."
todmsg[191]="There are six types of perception: form, sound, smell, taste, touch and ideas.  But what does one perceive?"
todmsg[192]="Suffering arises because of consciousness. Through the stilling of consciousness suffering cannot be created."
todmsg[193]="If you have the good fortune to find a wise teacher, then follow him or her and let them reveal hidden spiritual treasures.  You can only benefit from this."
todmsg[194]="The correct way of living is not found simply by discussing the theory of it. Even without study you can experience it, but you have to live it."
todmsg[195]="All created things are impermanent. Strive on mindfully."
todmsg[196]="Love feels no burdens, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impracticability -- for it thinks all things lawful for itself if possible."
todmsg[197]="Of all the gifts, life may bestow, none is so constant, steady and sure, as the tender heart of a friend."
todmsg[198]="Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father."
todmsg[199]="Friendship is sending a special greeting card for no special reason."
todmsg[200]="Love is indeed a transcendent excellence, an essential and sovereign good; it maketh the heavy burden light, and the rugged path smooth."
todmsg[201]="It brings comfort to have companions in whatever happens."
todmsg[202]="Enjoy the gifts of others, be you the receiver or not.  Each person gives for their own reason, and to worry about why will destroy your peace of mind."
todmsg[203]="Desires will trap you like a spider caught in its own web.  Break free of desires and break free of suffering."
todmsg[204]="If you are virtuous and follow a proper life, there will be no wanting in your life.  This is in accord with nature."
todmsg[205]="If you are in a position of power over others, be very gentle with them."
todmsg[206]="The novice will only realize suffering when the fruits of his or her bad deed are born. Until then everything will be sweet as honey. Even though they may fast assiduously, it means nothing if they don't understand truth."
todmsg[207]="Bad actions will always cause great suffering to those who create them."
todmsg[208]="Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend, what trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend?"
todmsg[209]="Love is a lifetime of friendship."
todmsg[210]="Friendship is stopping to listen when you have a lot to say."
todmsg[211]="There is no fire like passion. There is no grasp like hate. There is no trap like illusion. There is no flood like craving."
todmsg[212]="The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love."
todmsg[213]="Love, and do what you will.  Whether you keep silence...exclaim...correct...forbear...do it in love: from the root of nothing but good can spring...Love, and you cannot but do well; use discipline...harshness...but in Love."
todmsg[214]="Above all, love each other deeply."
todmsg[215]="Remember friends when far away; Embrace those who are near.  Cherish those who are your friends, forever and sincere."
todmsg[216]="Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."
todmsg[217]="No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
todmsg[218]="A real friend makes a difference in your life, without choosing your path for you."
todmsg[219]="A cheerful look brings joy to the heart."
todmsg[220]="Release the past, the present and the future.  Give your mind the freedom it needs to take you beyond suffering."
todmsg[221]="Bad actions committed by a person will eventually return to cause them suffering."
todmsg[222]="Carry out your good deeds with a stout heart and you shall be happy, content and without suffering."
todmsg[223]="There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate."
todmsg[224]="Love is being able to bear each other's burdens - as well as count each other's rainbows."
todmsg[225]="The friends of my friend are my friends."
todmsg[226]="Love is the life of our heart. According to it, we desire, rejoice, hope and despair, fear, take heart, avoid things, feel sad, grow angry, and exult."
todmsg[227]="Whatever befalls you, even if it be death, do not let dark thoughts enter your mind. Make a great effort to establish mindfulness and calm the body and mind so that both are firm and resolved."
todmsg[228]="Live in accord with nature and be free from regret, and great satisfaction will be your reward."
todmsg[229]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who has worked hard to overcome desire. Who does not reap suffering because none is caused.  Who controls every thought, word and deed."
todmsg[230]="Do not welcome praise, nor hide from blame. Listen to your Truth and stay calm and clear."
todmsg[231]="If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand."
todmsg[232]="Those who are awake live in a state of constant amazement."
todmsg[233]="Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well."
todmsg[234]="Stay centered, do not overstretch. Extend from your center, return to your center."
todmsg[235]="Take time everyday to sit quietly and listen."
todmsg[236]="If you know about the power of a generous heart, you will not let a single meal pass without giving to others."
todmsg[237]="Like the mother of the world, touch each being as your beloved child."
todmsg[238]="Harm no other beings.  They are just your brothers and sisters."
todmsg[239]="Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness."
todmsg[240]="Joy and openness come from our own contented heart."
todmsg[241]="To awaken, sit calmly, letting each breath clear your mind and open your heart."
todmsg[242]="Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again."
todmsg[243]="In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease which we move through change."
todmsg[244]="No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today."
todmsg[245]="Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most."
todmsg[246]="As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life."
todmsg[247]="To know the way and not practice is to be a soup ladle in the pot and not taste the flavor of the soup."
todmsg[248]="Treat others with justice and respect. In the long run, how you treat others will b e how they treat you."
todmsg[249]="Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion."
todmsg[250]="All things are like a river. We never enter the same river twice."
todmsg[251]="In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did  you live? How deeply did you learn to let go?"
todmsg[252]="Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a great tree in the midst of them all."
todmsg[253]="No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free."
todmsg[254]="The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful."
todmsg[255]="Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely."
todmsg[256]="Neither fire no wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds."
todmsg[257]="Fear is always an anticipation of what has not yet come. Our fear and separation are great, but the truth of our connection is greater still."
todmsg[258]="There is a path of fear and the of love.  Which will we follow?"
todmsg[259]="Every life has a measure of sorrow.  Sometimes it is this that awakens us."
todmsg[260]="Strength and justice are products of a steady heart."
todmsg[261]="Calm and compassion are so precious. Make sure not to lose them through intoxication."
todmsg[262]="Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment.  But to forgive does not mean we will allow injustice again."
todmsg[263]="We inter-breathe with the rain forests, we drink from the oceans. They are a part of our own body."
todmsg[264]="Roses become compost; compost feeds the garden for the growth of new roses."
todmsg[265]="We do not possess our home, our children, or even our own body. They are only given to us for a short while to treat with care and respect."
todmsg[266]="Even our anger can be held with a heart of kindness."
todmsg[267]="What has been long neglected cannot be restored immediately. Fruit falls from the tree when it is ripe. The way cannot be forced."
todmsg[268]="Do not seek perfection in a changing world. Instead, perfect your love."
todmsg[269]="Simplicity brings more happiness than complexity."
todmsg[270]="The greatest protection is a loving heart. Protecting yourself, you protect others. Protecting other, you protect yourself."
todmsg[271]="Generosity brings joy; honesty brings peace."
todmsg[272]="At the bottom of things, most people want to be understood and appreciated."
todmsg[273]="If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."
todmsg[274]="If you looked inside, would you be happy with what you'd find?"
todmsg[275]="Some days we feel like strangers. When our heart opens, we will realize that we belong just here."
todmsg[276]="If you take care of each moment, you will take care of all time."
todmsg[277]="If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear."
todmsg[278]="Let your mind become clear like a still forest pool."
todmsg[279]="There is no fire greater than greed and hatred."
todmsg[280]="Life lives on life. We all eat and are eaten. When we forget this, we cry; when we remember this, we can nourish one another."
todmsg[281]="If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart that brings blessings."
todmsg[282]="Karma means you don't get away with anything."
todmsg[283]="Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for....life by keeping eyes, mind and heart open to nature, people, books, experience...and what he gathers serves him at unexpected moments in unforeseen ways."
todmsg[284]="True life is lived when tiny changes occur."
todmsg[285]="Day after day, we discover our own lives. Because we never know what we will find, every discovery is an unexpected gift we give to ourselves."
todmsg[286]="We make progress by a constant spiraling back and forth between the inner world and the outer one, the personal and political, the self and the circumstances. Nature doesn't move in a straight line, and as part of nature, neither do we."
todmsg[287]="Like the proverbial pebble dropped into a still pond, the shifts of consciousness we make our personal lives send out tiny but important waves that ripple over the surface of the whole."
todmsg[288]="Everything that we really accept undergoes a change."
todmsg[289]="Some steps must be taken defiantly, against the grain. There is no growth without a bursting, without pain: primitive peoples in their wisdom place pain at the center of initiation."
todmsg[290]="If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
todmsg[291]="If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
todmsg[292]="Although the world is very full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."
todmsg[293]="What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly."
todmsg[294]="As we slowly awaken, we notice the maturing of certain qualities of mind."
todmsg[295]="Grab a chance and you won't be sorry for a might have been."
todmsg[296]="To live is to think and act, and to think and act is to change."
todmsg[297]="Someday change will be accepted as life itself."
todmsg[298]="To every person, his own life is a mystery."
todmsg[299]="Life is easier than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable."
todmsg[300]="Celebrate Life!"
todmsg[301]="The greatest weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
todmsg[302]="It is better not to spend time with fools, who will obstruct your practice. Spending time with fellow aspirants will only enhance your practice."
todmsg[303]="Emotional ties bring only sadness and fear. Avoid attachment in emotion and you avoid sadness and fear."
todmsg[304]="Be careful what you do and try not to drink alcohol.  Never tire of helping others. This is a true blessing."
todmsg[305]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who has no desire, hatred, conceit or dishonesty."
todmsg[306]="Even those who have taken holy orders can be bad and ill-disciplined and they will go to hell.  It is better to swallow a red-hot ball of iron than to live falsely on the generosity of others."
todmsg[307]="Riches harm all, except those who undertake steady practice. Greedy people harm themselves and others."
todmsg[308]="If you are aggressive and carry out aggressive acts in this life, you will be reborn into increasingly aggressive lifetimes."
todmsg[309]="All craftspeople ply their trade, and spiritual aspirants are no different. They have trained their minds, not their hands."
todmsg[310]="Few people see the light of truth within this world of darkness, in the same way few birds escape from the net which has caught them."
todmsg[311]="Everything must grow old.  Work upon your own salvation with haste."
todmsg[312]="Desires create suffering whether they make you happy or sad. Use your practice to go beyond them."
todmsg[313]="Be forever cautious among the worldly, alert among the apathetic.  With this attitude you will soon leave others behind, since this will mark you as aware, while others will be seen as idle."
todmsg[314]="The best time to learn the discipline of practice is when you are young and strong. It is too late otherwise."
todmsg[315]="The true holy person has a mind so still that the most wonderful peace can be experienced. As mundane existence is considered, the joy of truth wells up in the heart of one so practiced."
todmsg[316]="A lack of humility is a person's undoing. A lack of generosity destroys the gift. Bad actions are without grace. All these are caused by ignorance. Address this and shine in purity."
todmsg[317]="When desire takes hold it turns your life into one of suffering. But if you overcome desire, you overcome suffering."
todmsg[318]="Live your life in happiness, even though those around you live their lives in discord and wish to spread their struggles to you.  Be happiness itself."
todmsg[319]="If you do something bad, don't enjoy it, repeat it, or allow it to become a way of life."
todmsg[320]="The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."
todmsg[321]="I have a dream.  It is a dream deeply rooted in the American Dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. Martin Luther King."
todmsg[322]="God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide."
todmsg[323]="There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies. Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have."
todmsg[324]="Use wisdom, be free from attachment and defeat temptation, not just for now, but forever. For your body will soon give up its worth to you, once life has left it."
todmsg[325]="The mind that stays focused when everything around it is crazy, giving in neither to passion nor sadness; this is a true blessing."
todmsg[326]="Craving brings only sadness and fear.  Avoid craving and you avoid sadness and fear."
todmsg[327]="There are those who see wrong where this is wrong and right where there is right. They are following the right path to greatest happiness."
todmsg[328]="In the same way the moon follows a set path between the stars, keep yourself fixed in the presence of a wise teacher and fellow aspirants."
todmsg[329]="If you hurt an innocent person, then you are only hurting yourself, just as dust thrown into a wind is blown back in your face."
todmsg[330]="Once you are living your life in awareness, it will be as though you stand high above others, witnessing their suffering, while you do not suffer at all."
todmsg[331]="Ambition and anger will disappear when you stop concerning yourself with the fruits of your actions."
todmsg[332]="A person who lies and a person who denies their own actions are paths on the road to hell."
todmsg[333]="If you cannot find a good companion to travel with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle.  It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress."
todmsg[334]="The road is long for the weary as is the night for those who cannot sleep.  Longer still is the cycle of birth and death for those not following a spiritual path."
todmsg[335]="Live in accord with nature, and if you are detached there will be no wanting in your life.  This will give you liberation."
todmsg[336]="Trained elephants used to carry kings into battle.  Train your mind to carry the weight of criticism."
todmsg[337]="Do you speak of that which you know yourself, is seen by yourself and is found by yourself?"
todmsg[338]="The true aspirant is always striving for freedom and, as they have no home, is always moving onwards."
todmsg[339]="By what path will you reach the Buddha, who is free from all desire, all attachment and all social conditioning?"
todmsg[340]="Your body is just a cosmetic plaything, prone to disease, decay and death.  Perhaps it is time to see it for what it really is."
todmsg[341]="Be wary of negativity.  Get yourself out of the darkness which waits to trap you."
todmsg[342]="Regardless of your birth or your upbringing, seek the pure incomparable peace that is Nirvana. Once attained, rest in the knowledge that there is no coming back."
todmsg[343]="Effort given to satisfying material desires is rewarded only with suffering and fear. Avoid material desires and you avoid suffering and fear."
todmsg[344]="It doesn't mater if you look like a renunciant, if you don't follow your practice, you are a sham.  If you follow your practice sincerely, you can dress however you wish for all it matters.  It's the practice that counts."
todmsg[345]="There is no happiness except that found in right action."
todmsg[346]="An untrained mind cannot resist the torrent of desire, while one that is steeped in practice and discipline is able to deflect any temptations, like a house with a solid roof remaining watertight in a shower of rain."
todmsg[347]="Live one meditative day well, with freedom, strength and wisdom, rather than a hundred years in laziness and bondage."
todmsg[348]="Would you rather have a trivial pleasure or the greatest happiness? Make sacrifices to attain the latter."
todmsg[349]="The sun shines by day and the moon by night.  What the warrior achieves in battle, so the Highest achieves in meditation. Whatever the time, the Buddha forever shines in love for all."
todmsg[350]="Those who have not followed a spiritual path will wither away as they get older. All they will be able to do is look back and reminisce about times past."
todmsg[351]="You can suffer in this world and the next, or you can live your life properly. Rejoice in the happiness of now, safe in the knowledge of the future."
todmsg[352]="One hundred years without seeing either the deathless state or the Absolute Truth is nothing compared to the joy of a single day of true vision."
todmsg[353]="Live your life in happiness, even though those around you live their lives in hatred and wish to spread their antipathy to you.  Be happiness itself."
todmsg[354]="There are those who are sorry for deeds which they need not worry about, and not sorry for deeds which they should worry about.  These people are on the wrong path."
todmsg[355]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who is settled in meditation. One who has reached the other side. One who is at peace."
todmsg[356]="If you do bad things you will feel fine until eventually you reap the consequences.  Then you will know only suffering."
todmsg[357]="Triumph creates enmity, and those defeated live in pain. Be neither the victor nor the vanquished, but live at peace with all."
todmsg[358]="Keep your mind fixed on holy company and be aware of the nature of your physical body both day and night."
todmsg[359]="The mantra is of no use when not chanted.  The house decays when it is not repaired. The body deteriorates when it is not cared for. The guard fails when the eyes close."
todmsg[360]="What do you think is better: to seek for a partner, or to seek for the Self?"
todmsg[361]="Control your eyes, ears, nose, body, mind and thought.  With such control, a holy person will be free from suffering."
todmsg[362]="Goodwill towards all is true religion."
todmsg[363]="Once you are able to control your senses and are free from pride patient and steadfast even the gods will cast envious looks at you. You will be like a crystal clear lake and have no need to consider rebirth."
todmsg[364]="You are fortunate to be born a human being, but it is difficult to live life properly, eve harder to follow a spiritual path and most difficult to attain Nirvana."
todmsg[365]="If you make vows, stick to them. If it worth doing, do it properly. A half-hearted renunciant does more harm than good."
todmsg[366]="Birth, old age and death are all suffering. Grief, regret, discomfort, sadness and despair are all suffering. The five factors of attachment are suffering."
todmsg[367]="Sit alone. Sleep alone. Travel alone. Do your practice alone. Enjoy your seclusion without desire."
todmsg[368]="Persevere with that which is enduring and attain Nirvana. Do not speak ill of or harm another person, for that is not acceptable on a spiritual path.  These are the words of the Buddha."
todmsg[369]="Guard your senses. Practice contentment and discipline. Associate with like-minded people. Be friendly and polite.  This is the way to Nirvana."
todmsg[370]="Make every effort not to indulge in negative thoughts, cruel words and bad deeds."
todmsg[371]="Those who break society's rules and who also drink to much are killing themselves. They have no discipline. Be aware of this and don't let temptation get the better of you."
todmsg[372]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who is knowledgeable and wise. One who follows the correct path. One who is not attached to anything. One who needs nothing."
todmsg[373]="Do not believe in something solely because someone has told you so, or tradition has it, or because many others do. Test for yourself, experience for yourself."
todmsg[374]="A wise person does not damage his or her environment."
todmsg[375]="Learn that nothing is real and that all living things suffer, and you will be free from suffering. This is the path to enlightenment."
todmsg[376]="Once you control your thoughts, which will wander all over the place if given the chance, you will escape the clutches of temptation."
todmsg[377]="It is good to be a loving child to your parents. It is good to be a renunciant. It is good to be virtuous in old age. It is good to be held in high esteem. But to achieve lasting joy, it is good to become enlightened."
todmsg[378]="Avoid doing physical harm, causing mental anguish or using harsh words. Use body, mind and speech only for good, for such is the way of an enlightened being."
todmsg[379]="Don't allow yourself to become free from one kind of suffering, only to be caught in another."
todmsg[380]="The Eternal is found. You can learn the doctrine and if you follow what you are taught then you will attain that which many seek."
todmsg[381]="It is not how you look to the world that matters, but how you act. Observe your practice and rid yourself of desire. You will then become the Highest."
todmsg[382]="Foolish novices are their own worst enemies, sowing bad deeds and reaping the consequences almost immediately, which you can see by the amount of suffering they are going through."
todmsg[383]="If you do something good, enjoy it, repeat it, allow it to become a way of life."
todmsg[384]="Live your life in happiness, owning nothing. Feed on happiness like lustrous gods.  Be happiness itself."
todmsg[385]="Keep your mind fixed on The Buddha and be steady in your practice both day and night."
todmsg[386]="If you look like a recluse, it doesn't make you one. It is by your actions that you are judged. There is no point in taking the role of a recluse or an initiate if your mind is full of desire."
todmsg[387]="A disciplined horse needs no whip, and neither does the disciplined mind. Both are trained in good habits as a way of life."
todmsg[388]="If you find yourself with no support on the spiritual path, then walk on alone. There is no point in trying to learn from those who have nothing to teach."
todmsg[389]="Live in accord with nature, and when you are relaxed there will be no wanting in your life. You will know great happiness."
todmsg[390]="If you are maligned by the world, do not harbor bad thoughts against it."
todmsg[391]="The novice who knows he or she is just that, has a small amount of wisdom. But the novice who thinks he or she is wise, is a fool."
todmsg[392]="Once you have your own self in order, then you can help others to do the same."
todmsg[393]="You will be rewarded with four gifts if all you do in honor an enlightened being; they are health, happiness, beauty and longetivity.  The honoring is far more worthy than making shallow gifts and offerings."
todmsg[394]="Once you live your life in awareness, you will live in true happiness. This is what many great saints have done in the past."
todmsg[395]="Live your life in happiness, even though those around you lead lives which are unhealthy, and wish to spread their illness to you.  Be happiness itself."
todmsg[396]="Not everyone who wears a holy robe is worthy to do so. Without purifying the mind first they are indulging in self-deception.  Those who have found the center point are worthy of your consideration."
todmsg[397]="To wish for a little summer house here, a little winter house there, and another somewhere else, is not the way to remain focused on your true goal. Nirvana."
todmsg[398]="Ford the fiercest stream of life overcome desire. Go beyond delusion and opposites. Concentrate on your practice. Attachment will fall away from you and you will know the truth."
todmsg[399]="If  you do no harm to others, then you will find happiness. If you do harm to others, then you will find suffering."
todmsg[400]="Be gentle and patient. Gather together with other peaceful people and speak gently of spiritual subjects. This is a true blessing."
todmsg[401]="It is better to spend time with the wise and enlightened, rather than fools."
todmsg[402]="It is better to die in battle against temptation than to live as its slave."
todmsg[403]="Don't give in to anger under any circumstances."
todmsg[404]="A single step on the path of enligtenment is greater than being ruler of the universe."
todmsg[405]="Ideas appear and disappear. To encourage proper ideas to develop one must undertake practice."
todmsg[406]="Do not indulge in charitable acts for your own benefit. Love them for the happiness they bring to others."
todmsg[407]="Don't live a bad life, be cautious in what you believe and think of others at alltimes. Don't be trapped in the world."
todmsg[408]="Does it really matter whether someone else is innocent or guilty? Only worry about yourself and your own actions."
todmsg[409]="Be gentle and abolish anger. Be good and overcome bad. Be generous and conquer greed. Be truthful and extinguish deception."
todmsg[410]="Be conscious of how you live your life. Meditate, help others, maintain a pure mind and be alert to your discipline, and others will become aware of your efforts."
todmsg[411]="Don't see others' faults, see your own. For it you dwell on others' faults, your own get stronger."
todmsg[412]="Once your longing for knowledge has been awakened, and the temptations of the world overcome, you are certain to ford the stream of life."
todmsg[413]="Be your own worst critic, but also recognize your successes. Protect yourself and train yourself, and in this way you will live in great happiness."
todmsg[415]="Do good deeds, no bad. If you do not undertake good deeds, bad deeds become a way of life."
todmsg[416]="In ancient times elephants were used in battle and withstood the onslaught of many arrows. In your life, accept criticism whether it is justified or not."
todmsg[417]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who has left anxiety behind and, being firm in practice, has acquired stillness of mind."
todmsg[418]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who has no desire at all, not even for enlightenment. One who has no attachments. One who is free from doubt. One who has gone beyond that which you can understand."
todmsg[419]="Selfishness corrupts, as weeds choke a field. Be free of selfishness, and honor those who are also free."
todmsg[420]="There is no justification for harming any living thing. If you do not hurt anything or anyone, you will be held in high esteem."
todmsg[421]="Once one bad thought, word or deed has been created by someone, they are capable of much worse."
todmsg[422]="there is a time for the Truth to be revealed to you. If you don't believe it then it is your loss."
todmsg[423]="Once your mind is still, and your words and actions peaceful, you will be free from delusion and opposites, and ready for the final step of enlightenment."
todmsg[424]="There will never be a person who receives only blame or only praise. But an enlightened being, endowed with the qualities of wisdom, insight and discipline, is free from blame."
todmsg[425]="Silence does not make a person wise if a proper life is not being adhered to. Watch their action. Are they in balance? Are there only good deeds and never bad ones?"
todmsg[426]="Old age doesn't necessarily make a person a wise elder. Look for truth, non-violence, restraint and self discipline, and then you may call that person an elder."
todmsg[427]="It is up to you whether you do bad things or hurt someone. Do not do either. We all have the choice to be good or bad, no one makes that choice for us."
todmsg[428]="As night follows day, so life reaches its end. A human's life simply stops."
todmsg[429]="Live in accord with nature, and when you can concentrate properly there will no wanting in your life. This will enable you to see things as they are."
todmsg[430]="Be wise. Learn what is real and what is not, what is necessary and what is not. Set your sights high and work steadfastly towards your goal."
todmsg[431]="There is nothing sweeter than practice of truth. It has the sweetest taste and gives the greatest joy. It will end suffering."
todmsg[432]="Words may be beautiful, but like the unscented flower, they do not necessarily carry sincerity, whereas the scented flower delivers what its beauty decrees. Your words should carry convinction in the same way."
todmsg[433]="Speak the truth, don't give in to anger, and be generous. Follow these three principles and be wise."
todmsg[434]="Many flowers can make many garlands, and many worthy actions can bring many benefits."
todmsg[435]="In the same way that a florist chooses the right flowers for a garland, so you must make the right choice for your own spiritual path, in order that you may go beyond this world - beyond the world of death and beyond the world of the gods."
todmsg[436]="Always be aware. Constantly devote yourself to the cleansing of your own mind. In this way you will be your own salvation."
todmsg[437]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who has no thought of good and bad. One who has great strength and courage."
todmsg[438]="If a person believes that ...these children, this wealth, is mine...then they are not a worthy companion."
todmsg[439]="All beings wish for happiness, so extend your compassion to everyone."
todmsg[440]="As certainly as a drover leads cows to new pasture, so old age and death are inevitable."
todmsg[441]="Think clearly and learn well.  Have control over yourself and speak kindly to all. This is a true blessing."
todmsg[442]="Don't have preferences, don't become attached. If you have no likes and dislikes, no attachments, you will be free."
todmsg[443]="Speak gently to everyone and they will respond accordingly. Harsh words hurt, and you will get them thrown back in your face."
todmsg[444]="Be wise, disciplined and non-violent and you will find peace. Be aware both night and day, continue your practice, and you will attain Nirvana."
todmsg[445]="You are what you think. Pain will follow bad thoughts as certain as happiness will follow good ones."
todmsg[446]="If you don't take care of each other who will take care of you? Look after the sick as you would look after yourself."
todmsg[447]="An enlightened being is much sought after by everyone, even the gods."
todmsg[448]="As a farmer irrigates the fields, as an archer guides the arrow, and as a carpenter shapes the wood, so the true disciple molds his or her mind."
todmsg[449]="It is the nature of things that doubt shall arise."
todmsg[450]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who sees everything and has ceased this cycle of birth and death."
todmsg[451]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who speaks gently and truthfully. One who asks for nothing and gives everything."
todmsg[452]="Live in accord with nature and follow a proper life, and you will want for nothing."
todmsg[453]="If you do good things you may not feel fine until eventually you reap the consequences. Then you will know only happiness."
todmsg[454]="Passion corrupts, as weeds choke a field. Be free of passion, and honor those who are also free."
todmsg[455]="Avoid extremes in life. The middle way gives sight to the eyes and clarity to the mind, and this leads to wisdom, to peace, and onward to Nirvana."
todmsg[456]="Don't dwell upon the faults of others, dwell upon your own."
todmsg[457]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who is wise, heroic, courageous and strong."
todmsg[458]="Envy, hatred and illusion are the roots of evil. To be free of these is the root of good."
todmsg[459]="Once one bad thought, word or deed has been created by someone, they are capable of much worse."
todmsg[460]="Give up anger and pride and have no attachments. If you do not possess anybody or anything, you will not have to endure suffering."
todmsg[461]="Without realizing, it is easy to carry out bad deeds. However, retribution will come, as certain as you would burn your hand if you placed it too close to a fire."
todmsg[462]="An untrained mind is your greatest enemy, while a disciplined mind is your greatest friend."
todmsg[463]="If you do something bad there is nowhere to hide."
todmsg[464]="If you, the spiritual seeker, are forever aware, you will advance quickly towards your goal. With this attitude you will not be deterred; in fact, you will have almost attained Nirvana."
todmsg[465]="An elephant in a rut will not eat and is hard to control."
todmsg[466]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who owns nothing, desires nothing, is attached to nothing."
todmsg[467]="If you are always virtuous, temptation will never trouble you, and the fragrant scent of your good deeds will even reach the gods."
todmsg[468]="A monarch's carriage eventually loses its shine and, similarly, the body decays. Enligtened beings have told us that truth and goodness live on."
todmsg[469]="Be your own light. Be your own refuge. Confide in nothing outside of yourself. Hold fast to Truth that it may be your guide. Hold fast to Truth that it may be your protector."
todmsg[470]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who has no thought of good and bad. One who is free from suffering, desire and impurity."
todmsg[471]="Do not serve the foolish, but look after the wise. Honor those worthy of honor. This is a true blessing."
todmsg[472]="All fear retribution. All fear death.  All love life. Do not kill or cause others to kill."
todmsg[473]="Bad actions create bad consequences. Good actions create good consequences. Undertake only good actions, but make sure you protect yourself and don't waste even a second. For time wasted means you are not going forward quickly enough."
todmsg[474]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who seeks nothing. One who is as pure as the full moon."
todmsg[475]="As a blade of grass can cut your finger, so an improper life by a so-called renunciant will only cause greater suffering."
todmsg[476]="Don't seek happiness through the pain of others, for this is a trap from which you cannot escape."
todmsg[477]="Awareness is lost on those who are not on a spiritual path. For those who are spiritual seekers it is the greatest gift."
todmsg[478]="If you help other purely for the sake of helping, with no thought of personal gain and without wishing to be recognized for the help you give, you can be called truly virtuous."
todmsg[479]="Who ranks as the Highest? One who does not crave pleasure. For this is the end of suffering."
todmsg[480]="If you dwell on bad thoughts then your life will be full of negativity. However, if you don't allow bad thoughts you will be free of all things negative."
todmsg[481]="Meditation leads you to wisdom. No meditation leaves you where you are. Make up your own mind where you would rather be."
todmsg[482]="As a plant sheds it withered flowers, so you must shed your desires and hatred. Be at peace in thought, word and deed, and let go of all attachment. This is the way of a true holy person."
todmsg[483]="If you train and direct your mind along paths you want it to travel, you will achieve great happiness."
todmsg[484]="Avoid bad actions, just as a merchant travelling alone avoids dangerous roads, and a lover of life avoids poison."
todmsg[485]="You have to know how to follow your own practice, before the time arrives when you can help others to follow theirs. This is not an easy task to master."
todmsg[486]="For aperson without conscience, life seems easy. For a person striving to be pure, the journey is hard."
todmsg[487]="Everything is illusion. Learn this and you will be free from suffering."
todmsg[488]="You will suffer in this life and the next both from the actions and the knowledge of things you do wrong. If you do good, you can achieve overwhelming happiness in this world which will also be with you in the next."
todmsg[489]="Regardless of whether enlightened beings appear in this world or not, there is one absolute truth. All things are impermanent and are subject to suffering."
todmsg[490]="We are used to discussing duality, existence and non-existence, but if you understand, with truth and wisdom, how things begin and end, for you there will be no existence and non-existence."
todmsg[491]="It is only you who can master your self. But once this is done, it is a rare blessing."
todmsg[492]="When the thirty-six streams of pleasure are in full flow, they will drag you along. Be aware of their pull. Watch as a creeper grows and drags on you. Make sure you cut it out by the root."
todmsg[493]="Be like an island that no flood can engulf. To become like this, meditate, exercise self-control, persevere with your practice and live in awareness."
todmsg[494]="Over time a pot will fill up from just a dripping tap. Similarly, over time good actions will fill you with great happiness."
todmsg[495]="Enjoy the beauty of your practice. In the depths of your meditation experience the nectar of spiritual joy."
todmsg[496]="If you have faith and live a proper life, then people will be drawn to you. For those who are good shine like a mountain peak, while those who are bad disappear into the darkest valley."
todmsg[497]="Avoid all bad things, only do good things and cleanse your mind. This is the teaching of the Buddha."
todmsg[498]="Keep trying and you shall be free of sensuality and ignorance."
todmsg[499]="Whether the world is eternal or not, whether it is infinite or not, one thing is certain: there will be birth, old age, death and suffering."
todmsg[500]="If you can still your mind, still as a broken gong, you will leave all unrest behind and attain Nirvana."
todmsg[501]="Think well of yourself, but always be cautious."
todmsg[502]="What is a pleasant feeling? What is an unpleasant feeling? What is the place in between these?"
todmsg[503]="The fragrance of virtue stands alone, without equal."
todmsg[504]="Your skeletal frame is like the foundation of a house, and flesh and blood are plaster. Old age and death, pride and deception live in the house."
todmsg[505]="Health is the finest prize, contentment the greatest wealth, a good friend the finest companion and Nirvana the greatest happiness."
todmsg[506]="Constant talk does not mean wisdom. On the other hand, the signs of patience, love and freedom will direct you towards the wise person."
todmsg[507]="If you are without fear and desire, have no attachments and understand the scriptures for what they really say, then this birth is your last."
todmsg[508]="Give freely to others and live a proper life. Act in a way that will give no one the chance to criticize. This is a true blessing."
todmsg[509]="You are criticized if you talk to much. You are criticized if you talk too little. You are criticized if you talk just enough. No one escapes criticism."
todmsg[510]="Be fixed on your actions, be they great or small. Lead a blameless life and speak kindly to all."
todmsg[511]="The fragrance of flowers cannot be smelled if you stand downwind, but the fragrance of good actions can be recognized anywhere."
todmsg[512]="Who will enjoy looking at you when there is no flesh on your bones?"
todmsg[513]="Those with a closed heart will go nowhere. Those with an open heart in all things will find great happiness."
todmsg[514]="Every moment is a miracle in the making."
todmsg[515]="The only way you can fully embrace today is by letting go of yesterday."
todmsg[516]="Spend your time investing in others."
todmsg[517]="Love sees the best in everyone."
todmsg[518]="The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now."
todmsg[519]="Be yourself - it's a job no one else can do."
todmsg[520]="Some days you just need to eat dessert first."
todmsg[521]="Some people, like flowers, give pleasure just by being."
todmsg[522]="A problem is simply an opportunity daring to be faced with creativity."
todmsg[523]="Laughter heals the heart."
todmsg[524]="Cherish the little things."
todmsg[525]="The happiness you give away will always find a road back to your heart."
todmsg[526]="Never underestimate the beauty of a nap."
todmsg[527]="Everyone is the age of their heart."
todmsg[528]="Whatever you are, be a good one."
todmsg[529]="Smiles are meant to be shared."
todmsg[530]="The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be yourself."
todmsg[531]="Miracles happen only to those who believes in them."
todmsg[532]="Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year."
todmsg[533]="Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get."
todmsg[534]="Hands that give, receive."
todmsg[535]="Beauty seen is never lost."
todmsg[536]="Where there's room in the heart, there's always room in the home."
todmsg[537]="Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it."
todmsg[538]="They are rich who have friends."
todmsg[539]="Sow a little kindness, reap a bumper crop of joy."
todmsg[540]="Happiness shared is happiness doubled."
todmsg[542]="Put your heart into everything that you do."
todmsg[543]="The flowers of all our tomorrows are in the seeds of today."
todmsg[544]="Don't hurry by life's little detours."
todmsg[545]="You're never too old to giggle."
todmsg[546]="No act of love, however small, is wasted."
todmsg[547]="How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it."
todmsg[548]="Bliss happens."
todmsg[549]="When friends meet, hearts warm."
todmsg[550]="Gather the roses of life today."
todmsg[551]="The greatest strength you have is believing in yourself."
todmsg[552]="Happiness is meant to be shared."
todmsg[553]="Friends are treasures that increase in value as the years go by."
todmsg[554]="You're never too old to wish upon a star."
todmsg[555]="Friendship is a sheltering tree."
todmsg[556]="The riches that are in the heart cannot be stolen."
todmsg[557]="Joys are our wings, sorrow our spurs."
todmsg[558]="Today's memories are tomorrows keepsakes."
todmsg[559]="Making a new friend is a risk worth taking."
todmsg[560]="The only way to have a friend is to be one."
todmsg[561]="Every friendship is an original."
todmsg[562]="A gift of the heart always fits just right."
todmsg[563]="Friendship? Yes Please!"
todmsg[564]="To know men is to be wise, to know oneself is to be illuminated.  To conquer men is to have strength, to conquer oneself is to be stronger still. And to know when you have enough is to be rich."
todmsg[565]="It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust."
todmsg[566]="Everything that happens was once a dream."
todmsg[567]="Those who come to wisdom through failure tend to be good people for that very reason."
todmsg[568]="Mind moves matter."
todmsg[569]="Wisdom is about learning to keep those people who hate you as far away as possible from those who are as yet undecided."
todmsg[570]="Nothing good ever ends."
todmsg[571]="The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute; he simply speaks and does what is right."
todmsg[572]="We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen."
todmsg[573]="Life is doing things, not making things."
todmsg[574]="The problems of today will only be solved when we resolve ourselves to focus on tomorrow."
todmsg[575]="There can be no true success in a world of mediocrity."
todmsg[576]="A leader who does not hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader."
todmsg[577]="Only by his actions can a man make himself and his life whole."
todmsg[578]="Each individual is responsible for what they have done and for the people they have influenced."
todmsg[579]="A man's own natural duty, even if it seems imperfectly done, is better than work not naturally his own, even if it is well-performed."
todmsg[580]="It is not wise to be reckless with others, or to stand alone, stubborn against the multitude."
todmsg[581]="Have the courage to be wise - the path of wisdom is not an easy one to follow."
todmsg[582]="Genius is about developing the ability to perceive in an unhabitual way."
todmsg[583]="It is possible to act in a way that will give your friends no occasion for regret and your foes no cause for joy."
todmsg[584]="The heart seems to have its reasons which even reason cannot understand."
todmsg[585]="We have become wise only when we have learned to regard all men and women as equal. There can be no wisdom in prejudice."
todmsg[586]="The most crucial step toward solving a problem is to be able to recognize yourself as part of the problem."
todmsg[587]="The first duty of men is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust and to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done."
todmsg[588]="We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right."
todmsg[589]="The candle of love may burn out quickly but the flame of wisdom will burn forever."
todmsg[590]="There are those who seek to destroy and discredit you.  Let them try, they can only make you stronger."
todmsg[591]="Knowledge is the ultimate antidote to fear."
todmsg[592]="Wisdom can only be acquired by the sustained development of an inquiring mind."
todmsg[593]="Forgiveness is a permanent state of being, not just an occasional act."
todmsg[594]="From hearing comes wisdom, from speaking, repentence."
todmsg[595]="No man is born wise, wisdom cannot be learned, it is a journey of discovery where the destination remains unknown."
todmsg[596]="Nothing in life can be profitable to you that makes you break a promise."
todmsg[597]="Morality is the observance of the rights of others."
todmsg[598]="Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
todmsg[599]="Wisdom goes not always by years."
todmsg[600]="Like the bee gathering honey from different flowers, the wise man accepts the essence of different Scriptures and sees only the good in all religion."
todmsg[601]="Wisdom is neither inheritance nor legacy."
todmsg[602]="The wise man is more to be envied than a rich man."
todmsg[603]="Without wisdom, wealth is worthless."
todmsg[604]="Want of wisdom is more to be pitied than want of possessions."
todmsg[605]="A wise man never needs a weapon. The mind is mightier than the fist."
todmsg[606]="The wise man is never less alone than when he is by himself."
todmsg[607]="Well goes the case when wisdom counsels."
todmsg[608]="Wisdom is the most invincible kind of strength, it lends the highest authority to action."
todmsg[609]="Don't concentrate on the folly of others - he is not wise who is not wise for himself."
todmsg[610]="Wisdom teaches the value of things and the wise person cares not for what they cannot have."
todmsg[611]="It is great point of wisdom to find out one's own folly."
todmsg[612]="Learning is not wisdom - you can learn to pick a lock or steal a neighbor's car but it would be wiser to do neither."