Though you might conquer in battle
A thousand times a thousand men,
You're the greatest battle-winner
If you conquer just one - yourself.
Tag: self-awareness battle buddhist v-103
If there is no wound in your hand
You can carry poison in your hand.
Poison does not attack one who is unwounded.
There is no evil for one who does not do evil.
Tag: evil poison buddhist v-124
A person of little knowledge
Grows old as a plough-ox grows old.
His fleshes increases;
His wisdom does not increase.
Tag: wisdom knowledge buddhist growing-old v-152
From the dear comes grief;
From the dear comes fear.
If you're freed from the dear
You'll have no grief, let alone fear.
Tag: fear loss grief attachment buddhist v-212
There's a mess inside you:
You clean the outside.
Tag: self-awareness buddhist what-matters v-394
One who utters speech that isn't rough
But instructive and truthful
So that he offends no one,
Him I call Brahmin.
Tag: compassion buddhist constructive-criticism v-408
But the scent of the good is blown against the wind:
A good man perfumes all directions.
If you never see a fool
You'll always be happy.
The one who keeps company with fools
Will be sorry for a long time.
It's painful to live with fools,
Like being always with an enemy.
Tag: fools buddhist vv-206-207
In the village, a sage should go about
Like a bee, which, not harming
Flower, colour or scent,
Flies off with the nectar.
Tag: flowers buddhist nonviolence bees v-49
The fool who knows his folly
Becomes wise by that fact.
But the fool who thinks he's wise -
He's called 'a fool' indeed!
Tag: wisdom knowledge fools buddhist v-63
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