Quotes in Today’s Email

Aban­don wrong­do­ing. It can be done. If there were no like­li­hood, I would not ask you to do it. But since it is pos­si­ble and since it brings bless­ing and hap­pi­ness, I do ask of you: aban­don wrongdoing.

Cul­ti­vate doing good. It can be done. If it brought depri­va­tion and sor­row, I would not ask you to do it. But since it brings bless­ing and hap­pi­ness, I do ask of you: cul­ti­vate doing good.
Angut­tara Nikaya, From “Bud­dha Speaks,” edited

The deep­er a sand-well is dug the freer is its flow of water.
Even so, the deep­er a man’s learn­ing the greater is his wisdom.
Tirukkur­al 40:396

There is only one cor­ner of the uni­verse you can be cer­tain of improv­ing, and that’s your own self.
Aldous Huxley