When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.
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Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
Even Pain pricks to livelier living.
Even Pain pricks to livelier living.
Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.
Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
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Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.
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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.
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The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
