To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a long road to life.
Founder of Buddhism
From the Dhammapada (Verse 21), a teaching on diligence
c. 5th-6th Century BCE
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"If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature."
Humorous"The body, monks, is not self. If the body were the self, this body would not lend itself to dis-ease."
Philosophical"The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest."
Strange & Unusual"The wise ones who are intent on meditation, who delight in the peace of renunciation, such mindful ones, perfect in right understanding, cast off the net of Māra."
Humorous"If you light a lamp for someone else, it will also brighten your own path."
Strange & Unusual