The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.

Buddha

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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

La paz puede convertirse en una lente a través de la cual ves el mundo. Sé eso. Vívela. Irrádiala. La paz es un trabajo interno.

Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

Swami Vivekananda

The sharpest sword is a word spoken in wrath.

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