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"He abused me, he reviled me, he beat me, he subdued me"; he who keeps this in mind, and who feels resentment, will find no peace. +
"My sons are mine; this wealth is mine": with such thoughts is a fool tormented. He himself does not belong to himself, much less sons and wealth. +
"The untouched soul,<br>
Greater than all the worlds (because the worlds<br>
By it subsist); smaller than subtleties<br>
Of things minutest; last of ultimates;<br>
Sits in the hollow heart of all that lives!<br>
Whoso hath laid aside desire and fear,<br>
His senses mastered, and his spirit still,<br>
Sees in the quiet light of verity<br>
Eternal, safe, majestical – HIS SOUL!" +
'"`UNIQ--poem-00000004-QINU`"' +
...this is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things. +
A chariot cannot go on one wheel alone; so destiny fails unless men's acts co-operate. +
A good man may receive pure knowledge even from an inferior; the highest virtue from the lowest. +
A good word in time is better than a sweet pie after meals. +
A great man is he who is proof against flattery, vanity, injustice, and the love of pomp and power. +
A just life, a religious life, this is the best gem. +
A learned man without pupils, is a tree which bears no fruit; a devotee without good works, is a dwelling without a door. +
A little hill in a low place thinks itself a great mountain. +
A man can rarely be unhappy by being ignorant of another's thoughts; but he that does not attend to the motions of his own is certainly unhappy. +
A misfortune that cometh from on high cannot be averted; caution is useless against the decrees of Fate. +
A narrow stomach may be filled to its satisfaction, but a narrow mind will never be satisfied, not even with all the riches of the world. +
A stone becomes a plant; a plant a beast; the beast a man; a man a Spirit; and the Spirit – GOD. +
A student without inclination for work is like a squirrel on its wheel; he makes no progress. +
A teacher is more venerable than ten sub-teachers; a father, than one hundred teachers; a mother, than a thousand fathers. +
A thousand regrets will not pay thy debts. +
A traveller without observation is a bird without wings. +
A wise man should ever shrink from honour as from poison, and should always be desirous of disrespect as if of ambrosia. +
Adepts are rare as the blossom of the Udumbara tree. +
Alas! We reap what seed we sow; the hands that smite us are our own. +
All action ends in destruction; death is certain for whatever is born; everything in this world is transient. +
All good fortune belongs to him of contented mind. Is not the whole earth leather-covered for him who wears shoes? +
All has an end, and will away. Truth alone is immortal, and lives for ever. +
All life is but a perpetual promise; an engagement renewed, but never fulfilled. +
All our dignity consists in thought, therefore let us contrive to think well; for that is the principle of morals. +
All the air resounds with the presence of spirit and spiritual laws. +
Ambrosia may be extracted even from poison; elegant speech even from a fool; virtue even from an enemy; and gold from dross. +
Amuse not thyself at the expense of those who depend on thee. Mock not a venerable man, for he is thy superior. +
An act may seem right, but it is by its results that its purpose is shown. +
An easy temper is a good counsellor, and a pleasant tongue is an excellent leader. +
An evil deed does not turn on a sudden like curdling milk; it is like fire smoldering in the ashes, which burns the fool. +
An evil deed kills not instantly, as does a sword, but it follows the evil-doer into his next and still next rebirth. +
And if the gods are not, or take no care of mortals – why, then, a world without gods is not worth a man's while to live in. +
As a man digging comes to water, so a zealous student attains unto knowledge. +
As a person having seen one in a dream, recognizes him afterwards; so does one who has achieved proper concentration of mind perceive the SELF. +
As a sower gets not his harvest if he sow seed in salt soil, so the giver gets no fruit by bestowing on the unworthy. +
As all earthen vessels made by the potter end in being broken, so is the life of mortals. +
As large as is the unbounded Universe,<br>
So large that little, hidden Spirit is!<br>
The Heavens and Earths are in it! Fire and air,<br>
And sun and moon and stars; darkness and light,<br>
It comprehends! Whatever maketh Man,<br>
The present of him, and the past of him,<br>
And what shall be of him; – all thoughts and things<br>
Lie folded in the eternal vast of It! +
As many passions of the soul, so many fierce and savage despots. +
As rain does not break through a well-thatched house, passion will not break through a well-reflecting mind. +
As the bee collects nectar, and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or scent, so let a Sage dwell in his village. +
As the spider moving upward by his thread gains free space, thus also he who undertakes moving upward by the known word OM, gains independence. +
As the streams of a river flow on, and return not, so pass away the days and nights, taking away the lives of men. +
As two pieces of wood may come together in the ocean, and having met, may separate again; like this is the meeting of mortals. +
At present your nature is distinct; but ere long you will vanish into the whole: you will be returned into that universal reason which gave you your being. +
At the end of a life of study, the man possessed of knowledge approaches Deity; and at the end of many lives, the wise man becomes one with the ALL. +
Bathe in the river of the soul, O man, for not with water is the soul washed clean. +
Be not a friend to the wicked – charcoal when hot, burns; when cold, it blackens the fingers. +
Be persuaded that those things are not your riches which you do not possess in the penetralia of the reasoning power. +
Behold, we know not anything;<br>
I can but trust that good shall fall<br>
At last — far off — at last, to all,<br>
And every winter change to spring.<br>
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So runs my dream: but what am I?<br>
An infant crying in the night:<br>
An infant crying for the light:<br>
And with no language but a cry.<br> +
Better it would be that a man should eat a lump of flaming iron than that one should break his vows. +
By a trusty friend is man supported in life, and by reward are friendships increased. +
By oneself the evil is done, by oneself one suffers; by oneself the evil is left undone, by oneself one is purified. +
By perfection in study and meditation the Supreme Spirit becomes manifest; study is one eye to behold it, and meditation is the other. +
By shaking hands with deceit, one is tossed on the billows of toil. +
By the fall of water-drops the pitcher is gradually filled; this is the cause of wisdom, of virtue, and of wealth. +
By truth alone is man's mind purified, and by right discipline it doth become inspired. +
By wisdom is the gift of knowledge displayed; by knowledge are high things obtained. +
Caution can never incur disgrace; imbecility can never bring honour with it. +
Craft has the best of men; boldness conquers cities; the first is despised, the last admired. +
Cut down the whole forest of lust, not the tree. When thou hast cut down every tree and every shrub, then thou wilt be free. +
Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus, with thy hand! Cherish the road of peace. +
Daily practical wisdom consists of four things: – To know the root of Truth, the branches of Truth, the limit of Truth, and the opposite of Truth. +
Days end with sunset, nights with the rising of the sun; the end of pleasure is ever grief, the end of grief ever pleasure. +
Death and generation are both mysteries of nature, and resemble each other; the first does but dissolve those elements the latter had combined. +
Death has no power th' immortal soul to slay,<br>
That, when its present body turns to clay<br>
Seeks a fresh home, and with unlessened might<br>
Inspires another frame with life and light.<br>
So I myself (well I the past recall),<br>
When the fierce Greeks begirt Troy's holy wall,<br>
Was brave Euphorbus: and in conflict drear<br>
Poured forth my blood beneath Atrides' spear.<br>
The shield this arm did bear I lately saw<br>
In Juno's shrine, a trophy of that war. +
Death is a black camel that kneels at everybody's door. Death is a friend and a deliverer. +
Depend not upon external supports, nor beg your tranquillity of another. In a word, never throw away your legs to stand upon crutches. +
Devotion and clear vision are not his who eats too much, nor his who eats not at all; not his who sleeps too much, nor his who is too awake. +
Do but return to the principles of wisdom, and those who take you now for a monkey or a wild beast will make a god of you. +
Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something, while you live, and it is in your power. +
Do not let accidents disturb, or outward objects engross your thoughts; but keep your mind quiet and disengaged, to be ready to learn something good. +
Do not make a wicked man thy companion, or act on the advice of a fool. +
Do not run riot; keep your intentions honest, and your convictions sure. +
Do not speak harshly to anybody; those who are so spoken to will answer thee in the same way. +
Do not suppose you are hurt, and your complaint ceases. Cease your complaint, and you are not hurt. +
Eat and drink with your friends, but do not trade with them. +
Empty thy mind of evil, but fill it with good. +
Endurance is the free companion of Sorrow, and Patience her master. +
Esteem that to be eminently good, which, when communicated to another, will be increased to yourself. +
Even a good man sees evil days, as long as his good deeds have not ripened; but when they have ripened, then does the good man see happy days. +
Even in a forest hermitage, sin prevails over the unholy; the restraint of the senses in one's own house, this is asceticism. +
Every man contains within himself the potentiality of immortality, equilibrated by the power of choice. +
Every man thinks his own wisdom faultless, and every mother her own child beautiful. +
Every time the believer pronounces the word OM, he renews the allegiance to the divine potentiality enshrined within the Soul. +
Every tree hath its shadow, every sorrow its joy. +
Excuse is better than disputation; delay is better than rashness; unwillingness of strife is better than eagerness in seeking it. +
Expel avarice from your heart, so shall you loosen the chains from off your neck. +
Extensive knowledge and science, well-regulated discipline and well-spoken speech, this is the greatest blessing. +
Fallen flowers do not return to their stems, nor departed friends to their houses. +
False friendship is like a parasitic plant, it kills the tree it embraces. +
Fear is the slave of Pain, and Rebellion her captive. +
Fear of judgment will deter from wrong, but trifling with it leads to destruction. +
Flattery is a false coin which circulates only because of our vanity. +
Foolish pride is an incurable malady; a bad wife is a chronic disease; and a wrathful disposition is a life-long burden. +
Four things increase by use: health, wealth, perseverance, and credulity. +
Good men vary. Some are like cocoa-nuts, full of sweet milk; others, like the jujube, externally pleasing. +