Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
-Oscar Wilde
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
-William Shakespeare
Those who are ignorant of the supreme purpose of life will never be able to attain nirvana (liberation) in spite of their observance of the vratas (vows) and niyamas (rules) of religious conduct and practice of shila (celibacy) and tapas (penance).
A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.
-Edmond De Goncourt
Great tasks are not accomplished driven by great ambitions, but the highest
level of concentration and a firm determination.
-Deep Trivedi
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware. Joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
-Henry Miller
Love is a great thing, greatest of all goods, because it alone renders light every burden and bears equally all that is unequal.
-Jesus Christ
One should not injure, subjugate, enslave, torture, or kill any animal, living being, organism, or sentient being. Just as suffering is painful to you, in the same way it is painful, disquieting and terrifying to all animals, living beings, organisms and sentient beings.