Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.

Buddha

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Thich Nhat Hanh

True, you have worked hard for many years. But you must aspire until the end. There is no such thing as a pension in the spiritual life.

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