The king commands once, the respectable man once expresses his judgment, once the virgin is given as a wife - these three things are done only once.
A single useful word which, hearing it, calms you, is more valuable than a thousand speeches full of useless words.
"He offended me, he hit me, he beat me, he robbed me." For those who hide such thoughts within themselves, hatred does not cease. For never in this world does hatred cease through hatred, but through the absence of hatred...
They did not make themselves pyramids of copper, nor funerary monuments of bronze. They left behind no heirs, no children to bear their name. But they left their legacy in the writings and teachings they produced…
It's easy to do things that hurt and harm you. And it is especially difficult to do what is good and useful.
Victory stirs up hatred; the defeated lives in sorrow. Happy lives the serene one, who renounced both victories and defeats.
Defeat yourself first, then your enemies. How can he control others who cannot control himself?
Defeat yourself - here is the best cure for being invincible.
Overcome anger with gentleness, evil with good, greed with generosity, falsehood with truth.
You defeat the greedy with money, the proud with fervent prayer, the foolish with indulgence, and the wise with sincerity.
Be nice to the victor and treat him with respect: you'll make another friend that way.
By overcoming his pride, man becomes pleasant. Conquering his anger, he becomes cheerful. By conquering his passion, he will do well. By overcoming his greed, he becomes happy.
The donation, the offering brought to the priest is the guarantee of the offering. All beings in the world live on those who bring their offering. Everything is based on donation. That is why the offering is called supreme.
Imitate the good, even if you see it in your enemy, don't imitate the bad, even if you see it in your parents.
It is true that the woman is a fire. Her breast is the fuel. The hairs, the smoke. The genitals were burning. The entrance, inside, the coals. The satisfaction, the sparks. At this fire, the gods prepare man's feast. He lives as he lives. When he dies, he is taken to the funeral pyre. At this fire, the gods prepare man's feast. From this feast man appears. Clothed in light.
It is true that man is a fire. At this fire, the gods make a feast of food. From this feast comes the family.
He understands that living beings are alike in seeking the pleasant and avoiding the unpleasant. Therefore, what you do not like, try not to do to others.
As long as the man has not eradicated even the slightest desire for a woman, his mind is bound like a calf sucking milk from its mother.
As long as man is full of the energies of life, he forgets the unyielding death and has no way to escape the encounter with it. That is why the fool does not ask the important questions about the real problems of life. Each believes that he will never die, although at every step he is struck by the reminder of death.
It is good to listen to the words of others.
Remember: only life has value!
The wicked wife disgraces the greatness and happiness of both sexes, like the night which, covering the moon, shrouds in darkness all the beauty of earth and heaven.
Treat someone as they treat others.
Houses and gates were built. But they crumbled, the priests who ministered in them to the memory of the dead disappeared, their monuments were covered with dirt, their graves were forgotten. But their names are spoken, reading these books written in their lifetime, and the memory of those who wrote them is imperishable.
Exaggerations and excesses do not lead to anything good. But even if you keep silent and swallow your words for too long, even the Truth itself can perish and prove inconvenient. May not the Truth desire ecstasy in your heart?
Time passes and a friend becomes an enemy and an enemy a friend. This happens because personal profit is more tempting than anything else.
Science without facts is lost, man without science is lost, army without a commander is lost, women without men are lost.
Even if the jewel is trampled underfoot and glass adorns the forehead, the jewel remains jewel and the glass, glass.
No one should associate with friends, and no one should associate with bad people. Attach yourself to good friends, attach yourself to noble people.
In gold you would clothe yourself, do not trust the enemy and the unloving woman - otherwise you are lost.