"Fear is bred from ignorance. So knowledge is a weapon against it, and reason is the tool of knowledge."

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Source : Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.865, Penguin

Jim Butcher

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“I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.”
“It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.”
“Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for work, no shortcut to the top.”
“Whether itâ€™s a symphony or a coal mine, all work is an act of creating and comes from the same source: from an inviolate capacity to see through oneâ€™s own eyes-which means: the capacity to perform a rational identification- which means: the capacity to see, to connect and to make what had not been seen, connected and made before.”
“Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.”
“When you see the trees swaying to the tune of a gentle breeze... think of it as a dance in your honor.”
“If you paid your mortgage off, it means you probably did not manage your funds efficiently over the years,”
“The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what it is whatever label you may put on it. The label is immaterial. Even the label 'Buddhism' which we give to the teachings of the Buddha is of little importance. The name one gives is inessential.... In the same way Truth needs no label: it is neither Buddhist, Christian, Hindu nor Moslem. It is not the monopoly of anybody. Sectarian labels are a hindrance to the independent understanding of Truth, and they produce harmful prejudices in men's minds.”

Source : Walpola Rahula (2014). “What the Buddha Taught”, p.17, Oneworld Publications

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