And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.
And he who lives a hundred years, ignorant and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is wise and reflecting.
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise.
Bad deeds, and deeds hurtful to ourselves, are easy to do; what is beneficial and good, that is very difficult to do.
But he who lives a hundred years, vicious and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is virtuous and reflecting.
Do not follow the evil law! Do not live on in thoughtlessness! Do not follow false doctrine! Be not a friend of the world.
Earnest among the thoughtless, awake among the sleepers, the wise man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack.
Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvâna), thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.
Follow the law of virtue; do not follow that of sin. The virtuous rest in bliss in this world and in the next.
For all things in the world, though now united, tend to separation.
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love--this is an old rule.
Giving away our food we get more strength, giving away our clothes we get more beauty, founding religious rest-places we reap the perfect fruit of the best charity.
He who gives himself to vanity, and does not give himself to meditation, forgetting the real aim of life and grasping at pleasure, will in time envy him who has exerted himself in meditation.
He who lives looking for pleasures only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food, idle, and weak (Mâra the tempter) will certainly overthrow him, as the wind throws down a weak tree.
He who, by causing pain to others, wishes to obtain pleasure for himself, he, entangled in the bonds of hatred, will never be free from hatred.
How is there laughter, how is there joy, as this world is always burning? Do you not seek a light, ye who are surrounded by darkness?
If a man foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my ungrudging love; the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.
If a man's thoughts are unsteady, if he does not know the true law, if his peace of mind is troubled, his knowledge will never be perfect.
If one man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.
It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in and flighty, rushing wherever it listeth; a tamed mind brings happiness.
Let a man overcome anger by love, let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth!
Let him admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper!--he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated.
Let the wise man guard his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, very artful, and they rush wherever they list: thoughts well guarded bring happiness.
Not the perversities of others, not their sins of commission or omission, but his own misdeeds and negligences should a sage take notice of.
Regulate the mind, and then the body will spontaneously go right.
The fault of others is easily perceived, but that of one's self is difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbor's faults like chaff, but his own fault he hides, as a cheat hides the bad die from the player.
The fool who knows his foolishness, is wise at least so far. But a fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.
The restless busy nature of the world, this I declare is at the root of pain.
There never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a man who is always blamed, or a man who is always praised.
They who imagine truth in untruth, and see untruth in truth, never arrive at truth, but follow vain desires. They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth, and follow true desires.
Well-makers lead the water wherever they like; fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; good people fashion themselves.