困難に直面しても脱する手立てがあれば、何の落ち込む理由があろうか。また、手立てがないなら、落ち込んだところで何の役に立とうか。 - 寂天［シャーンティデーヴァ］ (685頃 - 763頃): 『入菩薩行論［入菩提行論］』
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If there's a remedy when trouble strikes, What reason is there for dejection? And if there is no help for it, What use is there in being glum? - Shantideva [Śāntideva] (c.685 - c.763): The Way of the Bodhisattva [A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life / Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra / Bodhicaryāvatāra]
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