Property:HPB Gem text
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B
He who knows not his own worth, will never appreciate the worth of others. +
He who leaves the society of fools, cleaves unto the wise. +
He who lives in one color of the rainbow is blind to the rest. Live in the light diffused through the entire arc, and you will know it all. +
He who neglects his duty to his conscience, will neglect to pay his debt to his neighbor. +
He who smites will be smitten; he who shows rancor will find rancor; so, from reviling cometh reviling, and to him who is angered comes anger. +
He who tasteth not thy bread during thy lifetime, will not mention thy name when thou art dead. +
He who wants a faultless friend, must remain friendless. +
He who wishes to reach Buddhahood, and aspires to the knowledge of the Self-born, must honour those who keep this doctrine. +
He who wrongs another unjustly will regret it, though men may applaud him; but he who is wronged is safe from regret, though the world may blame him. +
I'm weary of conjectures, – this must end 'em.<br>
Thus am I doubly armed: my death and life,<br>
My bane and antidote, are both before me:<br>
This in a moment brings me to an end;<br>
But this informs me I shall never die.<br>
The Soul, secured in her existence, smiles<br>
At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.<br>
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself<br>
Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years;<br>
But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,<br>
Unhurt amidst the war of elements,<br>
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds. +
If a man consorting with me (Buddha) does not conform his life to my commandments, what benefit will ten thousand precepts be to him? +
If a man understands the self saying "I am He," what could he wish or desire that he should pine after the body? +
If every pebble became a priceless ruby, then pebble and ruby would become equal in value. +
If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it. +
If justice predominates not over injustice in a man, he will speedily fall into ruin. +
If one man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greater of the two conquerors. +
If thou hast done evil deeds, or if thou wouldst do them, thou mayest arise and run where'er thou wilt, but thou canst not free thyself of thy suffering. +
If thou losest all, and gettest wisdom by it, thy loss is thy gain. +
If we were convinced that we could never make our crooked ways straight, we should for ever continue in our errors. +
If wisdom were to vanish suddenly from the universe, no one yet would suspect himself a fool. +