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"It's foolish to be obsessed with past failures. And it's just as foolish to be satisfied with one's small achievements. Buddhism teaches that the present and the future are important, not the past. It teaches us a spirit of unceasing challenge to win over the present and advance ever toward the future. Those who neglect this spirit of continual striving steer their lives in a ruinous direction."

"Please remember that patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse.'

"To be filled each day with a rewarding sense of exhilaration and purpose, a sense of tasks accomplished and deep fulfillment-- people who feel this way are happy. those who have this sens of satisfaction even if they are extremely busy are much happier than those who have free time on their hands but feel empty inside,"

"The brilliance of true humanity lies in surmounting feelings of envy with the resolute attitude"i'lll create an even more wonderful life for myself." If you are jealous of others, you will not advance; you will only become miserable. Please do not be defeated or sonsumed by such emotions."

"People tend to become envious over the slightest thing, which is, perhaps, human nature. They may try to undercut someone they envy and delight at the person's misfortune. We must not be defeated by this pitiful tendency. to allow pourselvesto become caught up in or swayed by whirlpools of emotion, going from elation one moment to dejection the next, is pointless."

"If you practice faith yet have an attitude of complaint, you will destroy your good fortune in direct proportion. Those who are full of complaint are not respected by others. From both Buddhist and secular perspectives, their behavior does not befit a wise or worthy person."

'The course of our lives is determined by how we react-- what we decide and what we do-- at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness."