Mark Sanders

“You cannot open a book without learning something.” 
— Confucius

“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, 
so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.”
— Socrates

“Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.” 
— Confucius

“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” 
—Socrates

"Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information and religions destroy spirituality." 
— Michael Ellner

“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.” 
—Confucius 

“But the scientists try to view everything according to the relative conditions of planet earth. This is nonsense. Why are they doing that? If the whole cosmic manifestation follows the law of relativity, how can the scientist say that the conditions of this planet must apply to life on other planets? The Vedas instruct us that knowledge must always be considered in terms of desa-kala-patra. Desa means "circumstances," kala means "time," and patra means "the object." We must understand everything by taking these three elements into consideration. For example, a fish is living very comfortably in the water, and we are shivering on the shore of the sea. This is because my desa-kala-patra and the fish's desa-kala-patra are different.”
— Vedic Srila Prabhupada from Life Comes From Life

"Behold in the candle borne by this Chandler, to whom I give birth, that which shall clarify certain shadows of ideas ... I need not instruct you of my belief. Time gives all and takes all away; everything changes but nothing perishes. One only is immutable, eternal and ever endures, one and the same with itself. With this philosophy my spirit grows, my mind expands. Whereof, however obscure the night may be, I await the daybreak, and they who dwell in day look for night ... Rejoice therefore, and keep whole, if you can, and return love for love."
— Giordano Bruno: The forgotten Philosopher Burned at the stake for his beliefs in the 15th century

"...perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself." 
— Plato

Signs and symbols control the world, not phases and laws." 
— Confucius

"The time has come for this knowledge to be revealed into plain sight. It is no longer the property of those few elite to keep hidden from the general population. The sleepers must awaken”
— James Arthur 

“If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.”
— Socrates

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth - not going all the way and not starting.
- The Buddha

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
- The Buddha

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
- The Buddha

I teach one thing and one only: 
that is, suffering and the end of suffering.
- The Buddha

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
- The Buddha

You will not be punished for your anger, 
you will be punished by your anger.
- The Buddha

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
- The Buddha

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. 
If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. 
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, 
like a shadow that never leaves him.
- The Buddha

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.
- The Buddha

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, 
and the life of the candle will not be shortened. 
Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- The Buddha

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