“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“To depend on others for salvation is negative, but to depend on oneself is positive. Dependence on others means surrendering one's intelligence and efforts.”
"No Self Surrender"
What Buddhists Believe (1993)
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Context: It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the—if he—if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement. … Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true.
