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For one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.
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Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule -- these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature.
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The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
[ Ignorance ]
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Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.
[ Doubt ]
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It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger.
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Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy.
[ Gratitude ]
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The non permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons.
[ Appearance ]
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A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.
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That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mind, and of pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, with all his heart and all his mind given to Me -- with such a one I am in love.
[ Hatred ]
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Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed.
[ Reality ]
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Sages speak of the immutable Tree of Life, with its tape root above and its branches below.
[ Spirituality ]
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O Krishna, the stillness of divine union which you describe is beyond my comprehension. How can the mind, which is so restless, attain lasting peace? Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, violent; trying to control it is like trying to tame the wind.
[ Spirituality ]
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