Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!

Dhammapada · Verse 223

Sanskrit: public domain · English tr. F. Max Müller (public domain)

What it means

Meet each fault with its opposite: anger with love, lies with truth.

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Meet one provocation today with its opposite virtue.

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