If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across?
Gautama BuddhaLet us live in joy, never falling sick like those who hate us. Let us live in freedom, without hatred even among those who hate.
Gautama BuddhaIt is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.
Gautama BuddhaI consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.
Gautama Buddha