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Guru Nanak Quotes

«Everything that depends on others ,gives pain, everything that depends on oneself ,gives pleasure, know that this is the short definition of pleasure and pain.»
«When the performance of an act gladdens his heart, let him perform it with diligence, but let him avoid the opposite.»
«Let him, when angry, not raise a stick against another man, nor strike ,anybody except a son or a pupil, those two he may beat in order to correct them.»
«Having intentionally struck him in anger, even with a blade of grass, he will be born during twenty one existences in the wombs ,of such beings where men are born in punishment of their sins.»
«Let him, though suffering in consequence of his righteousness, never turn his heart to unrighteousness, for he will see the speedy overthrow of unrighteous, wicked men.»
«If ,the punishment falls not on ,the offender himself, ,it falls on his sons, if not on the sons, ,at least on his grandsons, but an iniquity ,once committed, never fails to produce fruit to him who wrought it.»
«He prospers for a while through unrighteousness, then he gains great good fortune, next he conquers his enemies, but ,at last he perishes ,branch and root.»
«Let him always delight in truthfulness, ,obedience to the sacred law, conduct worthy of an Aryan, and purity, let him chastise his pupils according to the sacred law, let him keep his speech, his arms, and his belly under control.»
«Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.»
«Let him not be uselessly active with his hands and feet, or with his eyes, nor crooked ,in his ways , nor talk idly, nor injure others by deeds or even think of it.»