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342. RESPECT YOUR ELDERS

“If a man has respect and courtesy for the aged, he will have long life, beauty, happiness and power.”

THE DHAMMAPADA

343. IMMORTALITY

“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”

ALBERT PIKE (1809–1891), USA

344. VIRTUE’S FRAGRANCE

“Of little importance is the perfume of sandalwood, but the fragrance of virtue rises to heaven.”

THE DHAMMAPADA

345. NOT IN VAIN

“If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain.

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain …”

EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1886), USA

346. CAREFUL FLIGHT

“As the bee collects honey without destroying the beauty and the scent of the flowers, so should the sage go about the town.”

THE DHAMMAPADA

347. REPEATED BLESSING

“Blessed is he who speaks a kindness; thrice blessed is he who repeats it.”

ARABIAN PROVERB