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Quote Left (1) Do not let your children make toys out of flies/butterflies or birds. Such behavior results in injury to living creatures, but also it arouses in young hearts an impulse to cruelty and murder. Stories illustrative of the commandments: (2) The wife of a soldier named Fan was tuberculous and close to death. She was ordered to eat the brains of 100 sparrows as a remedy. When she saw the birds in the cage, she sighed and said: 'Must it be that 100 living creatures are to be killed that I may be healed? I would rather die than permit them to suffer.' She opened the cage and allowed them to fly away. Afterwards she recovered from her illness. (3) Tsao-Pin lived in a ruined house. His children begged him to have it repaired. He answered: 'In the cold winter the cracks in the walls and the space between the tiles and between the stones provide a shelter and a refuge to all kinds of living creatures. We should not endanger their lives.' (4) Wu-Tang used to take his son hunting with him. One day they came upon a stag that was playing with its young one. Tang took an arrow and killed the young one. The frightened stag ran off with a cry of anguish. When Tang concealed himself the stag returned and licked the wounds of its fawn. Tang again drew his bow and killed it. He then saw another stag and sent an arrow towards it, but the arrow was deflected and pierced his son. Tang threw his bow away and tearfully embraced his dead son, when he heard a voice from the air: 'Tang, the stag loved its fawn as much as you loved your son.' (5) Meng-tse praises King Suan of Tsi because of his compassion in freeing an ox that was to be sacrificed at the dedication of some bells. Such a sentiment, he says, should suffice to make one king of the world. Monastic Taoism & Kan-Ying-P'ien. From the commandments for monks: (1st): Thou shalt kill no living thing nor do injury to its life. (2nd): Thou shalt not consume as food the flesh and blood of any living creature. (34th): Thou shall not strike or whip domestic animals. (35th): Thou shall not intentionally crush insects and ants with thy foot. (36th): Thou shalt not play with hooks and arrows for thine own amusement. (37th): Thou shalt not climb into trees to remove nests and to destroy the eggs. (63rd): Thou shalt not catch birds and quadrupeds with snares and nets. (64th): Thou shalt not frighten and scare away birds that are brooding on their nests. (68th): Thou shalt not dig up during the winter months animals hibernating in the earth. (112th): Thou shalt not pour hot water on the ground in order to exterminate insects and ants. Quote Right
Quote Left Geng Lei was a famous archer of the state of Wei. One day while he was on an excursion outside the city with the King of Wei, he saw a bird circling in the sky. The King asked him to down the goose with an arrow. He answered: I don't have to use an arrow. I can just make the bird fall down from the sky with my arch. Do you have that marvellous skill? asked the King. Presently they saw the wild goose flying from the east. Geng Ying twanged the string of his bow and indeed the wild goose at once dropped to the ground in front of them. You're really a wonderful archer, said the King with approval. Geng Lei said, This is a wounded wild goose. From its desolate cry and tired flight you can see its wound has not yet healed. When it heard the twang of my bow-string, it thought it was again hit by an arrow and fell from the sky. Quote Right

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Quote Left Many of my dear friends becoming saints in their old age, which I am trying to avoid best I can. Quote Right
Quote Left Love is a splendid thing, a minefield to cross, a great heartbreak – I never stop trying. Quote Right
Quote Left "The future imposes itself. Don't lie to yourself by saying you're preparing for it, because in thinking so you might actually be destroying your future beyond repair" Quote Right
Quote Left Defying heartbreak, the human spirit is dynamic and strong -- and faith, our divine fuel for new forward momentum and recovery. Quote Right
Quote Left I'm a very small person in a great big world just trying to make a tiny bit of difference. Quote Right
Quote Left Burnout is not a sign of hard work; it is the inevitable result of trying to pour from a cup that has no bottom. Quote Right
Quote Left We are the universe’s way of observing its own complexity, yet we spend our lives trying to simplify it into something that fits in our pockets. Quote Right
Quote Left We cannot change the past...but we can stop crucifying ourselves on the Cross of Memory. Quote Right
Quote Left Because it was not a "level playing field" at its inception the appearance of impropriety must be considered in any decision regarding race in America. Quote Right
Quote Left Change is hard but staying somewhere you don’t belong will literally destroy you. Quote Right
Quote Left If you had a happy childhood, you spend the rest of your life trying to get back to it; if you had an unhappy childhood, you spend the rest of your life trying to get out of it Quote Right
Quote Left Maybe results are not as important as trying...I think, hope, that is the way God looks at us. Quote Right
Quote Left Yes, it is like that. I always write in bed, lying down, using pencil for ink floods back. Cat is next to me, probably wondering why I bother when we could be out hunting. Little does he know, I am hunting composition. Clawing into paper, till it drips poetry. Quote Right
Quote Left Flirting is a cheap currency. Those who don't have character, substance, or real value equivalent to solid gold use flirting as a method to mask their own emptiness in exchange for goods they can get without paying the real price. Quote Right
Quote Left “I drink poetry like champagne in Timelessness, purifying me, strengthening me, calming me…” GhairoDanielsQuotes Quote Right
Quote Left Poetry is really only saying things with deeper, more aware commitment. Treatment of words in such a way that gives the reader desire and space for personal mental, spiritual interaction. In short, poetry is more thoughtful. To be poetic involves heartfelt communion on a creative level that does not exist even with dear, profound prose. Great prose often exhibit strong poetic language. Quote Right
Quote Left Love is like a feeling that stays with you forever, like buying a favorite dress. You always get a good feeling. Quote Right
Quote Left How old is the earth? Just take the past 5,000 years, how far technically man has come...follish to think we are the first great (so called civilization) -- when the bible talks of creation, timelines, much is spiritual truth, applying to many generations even civilizations. Yes, man will fall again, and again, and again. Till we get right with God. Not a one of us, has ever left this world for long. We are dead...and death will repeat over and over. Few know it. Part of the problem. Quote Right
Quote Left Trying to make a poem successful by having it express important moral truths is cheating and, what’s worse, won’t work. Quote Right
Quote Left “The instant of death is always the same, but the dying process for each one of us is as unique as the thumb-print of each” ©GhairoDanielsQuotes Quote Right
Quote Left When the end justifying the means means abandoning principle, it means the end is near. Quote Right
Quote Left "People won't always like you, people will doubt your music. So, keep playing, and please yourself." Quote Right
Quote Left You waste all your youth trying to get away from home and spend the rest of your life trying to get back there. Quote Right
Quote Left Dying of boredom unchallenged — the single worst kind of death (Dreamsleep: September, 2025) Quote Right
Quote Left For me, it is never difficult to have faith...faith is not about surviving in my mind. Not about staying healthy and prospering. Faith is mostly about serving. Quote Right
Quote Left And you're back out on the street And you're trying to remember, oh How do you start it over? You don't know if you can............ You never thought you'd be alone This far down the line-The Eagles (band) Quote Right
Quote Left You'll never understand what I am saying, you have to know me to do a proper line to line? No one even tries looking beyond my imagery. Extreme Horror is a dying art form, I write a new form of splatterpunk anyways. Evolution may revive the corpse. Quote Right
Quote Left As we walk by we witness changing colours, fraying masks........... Yet, passing by we wear a hearty smile...... Just when we don't stand amongst them. We never witnessed Lord Krishna thru the war but they his values, uprightness n strategies we can see him smile. Meaning thereby, may how much it pains.... Just be the one!!!! Quote Right
Quote Left Bigotry is a very sophisticated form of lying. Quote Right
Quote Left "Don't try to coerce respect through intimidation or obsequiousness - these strategies undermine self-worth and lead to frustration. Authentic respect cannot be compelled; it stems from others' own judgments and choices. Instead of trying to control others' behavior, focus on self-respect and upholding your own standards of integrity. Lead by example through principled and rational responses that speak for themselves. By doing so, you'll maintain personal power and demonstrate true character." Quote Right
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