He is the true hero who fights to protect the helpless; though cut limb from limb, flees not the field.
-Scriptures
He is the true hero who fights to protect the helpless; though cut limb from limb, flees not the field.
Come behold this world, which is like unto an ornamented royal chariot, wherein fools flounder, but for the wise there in no attachment.
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
-Guillaume Apollinaire
Both the good and the pleasant present themselves to a man. The calm soul examines them well and discriminates. Yes, he prefers the good to the pleasant; but the fool chooses the pleasant out of greed and avarice.
As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.
The soul which is free from the defect of karma gets to the highest point of the universe, knows all and perceives all, and obtains the transcendental bliss everlasting.
Mind alone is the cause of bondage and liberation for human beings. The mind attached to sense objects leads to bondage and that which is free of sense objects sets one free.
The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a cook.
-Louis Nizer