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Oscar Wilde – be yourself

Soul Quote / Dublin, Ireland / 1854 – 1900 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Ducks near pond, Lake Garda, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.”

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Dhammapada – conquer himself

Soul Quote / Buddhist Scriptures / 1 century BC / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Conquest sculpture Rome, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Though one man may conquer in battle a thousand men a thousand times over, it is he who conquers himself that is the greatest of conquerors.”

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Longchen Rabjampa – compassion

Soul Quote / Tra Valley, Southern Tibet / 1 March 1308 – 1364 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Arthouse vases, Sydney, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Compassion is the wish-fulfilling jewel, the auspicious jar from which the brilliance of good fortune comes…
It is like the sky, spangled with stars of spotless virtues, always bringing prosperity and bliss.”

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Sutta Nipata – heaven to earth

Soul Quote / Buddhist scripture / 1 Century BC / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Stairway to heaven Montserrat Monastery, Spain / LoadingBookmark

“Let our love flow outward through the cosmos to its full height, its full depth, its full extent, an endless love, without hate or enmity…And our life will bring Heaven to Earth.”

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Dajian Huineng – wisdom & light

Soul Quote / Guangzhou, China / 638 – 713 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Lamp post Lake Garda, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Meditation is to wisdom as the lamp is to its light.”

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Itivuttaka – loving kindness

Soul Quote / Buddhist Scripture / 1 Century BC / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Sun rays, Tirano, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Loving kindness is a freedom of the heart, a luminous, blazing radiance.”

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Atisa Dipankara Srijnana – wisdom & good to others

Soul Quote / Bikrampur, Bengal, Pala Empire / 980 - 1054 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Eagle, Warwick Castle, England / LoadingBookmark

“Just as wings allow a bird to take to the skies, so with the power of wisdom we work for the good of others.”

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Pema Chodron – need to know

Soul Quote / New York, United States / 14 July 1936 – present / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Road, Stelvio Pass, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.”

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca – sure idea

Soul Quote / Córdoba, Spain / 4 BC – 65 AD / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Donkey Taxi, Santorini, Greece / LoadingBookmark

“How can the soul which misunderstands itself have a sure idea of other creatures?”

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Dhammapada – scent of a person

Soul Quote / Buddhist Scriptures - 1 century BC / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Flowers bathed in light, Sydney / LoadingBookmark

“Although the scent of flowers does not travel against the wind. The scent of a person who is good pervades everywhere.”

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Janet Zenari – life path

Soul Quote / Sydney, Australia / Present / Photographer - Janet Zenari / Photograph - Kosciuszko National Park Main Range Walk – Australia / LoadingBookmark

“What journey should you take in life? Whatever path you take, it will only bring you to the place that you are ready for.”

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Audrey Hepburn – for beautiful

Soul Quote / Ixelles, Belgium / 4 May 1929 - 20 January 1993 / Photographer - Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Blue Lake, Kosciuszko National Park, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“For beautiful eyes look for the good in others. For beautiful lips speak only words of kindness. And for poise walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”

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