Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves.
Gautama BuddhaThe Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree. But the Tempter cannot master a man who dwells on the distasteful side of things, self-controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, resolute and full of faith, like the wind cannot move a mountain crag.
Gautama BuddhaIf I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it.
Gautama BuddhaAfter much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known.
Gautama Buddha