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 Rh If the traveler does not meet with one who is as good, or better, than himself, let him keep to his solitary journey; for there is no companionship with a fool.

Long is the night to him who cannot sleep; long is a mile to the weary; long is life to him who does not know the truth.

Better than living a hundred years, not finding the truth, is one day in the life of the man who has found it.

As the lily will grow full of sweet perfume and delight upon the earth, so the disciple of Buddha shines forth among the people that walk in darkness.

Let us live happily, then, not hating those who hate us.

Let us live happily, then, free from all ailments among the ailing!

Let us live happily, then, free from greed among the greedy!

The sun is bright by day, the moon shines by night; the warrior is bright in his armor, the thinker bright in his meditation; but the brightest among all, with splendor day and night is the Buddha, the Awakened, the Enlightened, the Blessed.

At one time, when the Teacher was stopping at the bamboo grove near Rajagaha, he met a householder, named Sigala, who, clapping his hands, turned to the four quarters of the earth, to the zenith above, and to the nadir below. And the Teacher, knowing that this