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We are what we think
Our thoughts create our worlds
Speak impurely, act impurely,
and trouble is part of you, like the wheels on a car.
We are what we think
Our thoughts create our worlds
Speak purely, act purely,
and happiness follows you like a shadow.
Hatred has never been ended by hatred
Hatred can only be ended by love
She abused me, she defeated me, he robbed me, he beat me,
dwell on such thoughts and be imprisoned by hatred.
He abused me, he defeated me, she robbed me, she beat me,
abandon such thoughts and be rescued by love.
Hatred has never been ended by hatred
Hatred can only be ended by love ...
Now and forever this will be and was
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We are what we think
Our thoughts create our worlds
Speak impurely, act impurely,
and trouble is part of you, like the wheels on a car.
We are what we think
Our thoughts create our worlds
Speak purely, act purely,
and happiness follows you like a shadow.
Hatred has never been ended by hatred
Hatred can only be ended by love
She abused me, she defeated me, he robbed me, he beat me,
dwell on such thoughts and be imprisoned by hatred.
He abused me, he defeated me, she robbed me, she beat me,
abandon such thoughts and be rescued by love.
Hatred has never been ended by hatred
Hatred can only be ended by love ...
Now and forever this will be and was
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Thousands
02:26
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Better than a thousand words
of gossip or idle or hurtful speech
is a single word that leads into peace.
A poem of a thousand lines
that leads into slumber and fantasy
is not as good as a single line that leads into peace.
A warrior who conquers a thousand foe,
on every day, of a thousand battles,
does not win a contest so great as the one in ourselves.
To conquer your self is the toughest fight,
with a victory greater than all other victories,
and a prize that no person or demon or god can destroy.
Better than a hundred years
of hatred and greed and delusion
is but a single day of awakening
Better than a hundred years
of suffering and pain and confusion
is but a single day of awakening
And better than a thousand words
of gossip or idle or hurtful speech
is a single word that leads into peace.
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Thousands (instrumental)
02:26
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Better than a thousand words
of gossip or idle or hurtful speech
is a single word that leads into peace.
A poem of a thousand lines
that leads into slumber and fantasy
is not as good as a single line that leads into peace.
A warrior who conquers a thousand foe,
on every day, of a thousand battles,
does not win a contest so great as the one in ourselves.
To conquer your self is the toughest fight,
with a victory greater than all other victories,
and a prize that no person or demon or god can destroy.
Better than a hundred years
of hatred and greed and delusion
is but a single day of awakening
Better than a hundred years
of suffering and pain and confusion
is but a single day of awakening
And better than a thousand words
of gossip or idle or hurtful speech
is a single word that leads into peace.
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We are what we think.
Our thoughts create our worlds.
Speak impurely, act impurely,
and trouble is part of you, like the wheels on a car.
We are what we think.
Our thoughts create our worlds.
Speak purely, act purely,
and happiness follows you like a shadow.
Hatred has never been ended by hatred.
Hatred can only be ended by love.
Hatred has never been ended by hatred.
Hatred can only be ended by love.
[guitar break]
She abused me, she defeated me, he robbed me, he beat me,
dwell on such thoughts and be imprisoned by hatred.
He abused me, he defeated me, she robbed me, she beat me,
abandon such thoughts and be rescued by love.
Hatred has never been ended by hatred.
Hatred can only be ended by love.
Hatred has never been ended by hatred.
Hatred can only be ended by love.
Hatred can only be ended by love.
Hatred can only be ended by love.
Now and forever this will be and was.
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Rick Ferriss Tampa, Florida
Rick Ferriss has been writing and performing since the 70s. Mostly around Tampa Florida.
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