27 Quotes by Friedrich Muller

If thy mind is altogether free, thou wilt not again enter into birth and decay.

He who drinks in the law lives happily with a serene mind: the sage rejoices always in the law, as preached by the elect.

He who does not rouse himself when it is time to rise, who, though young and strong, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle man will never find the way to knowledge.

Whatever place a faithful, virtuous, celebrated, and wealthy man chooses, there he is respected.

His thought is quiet, quiet are his word and deed, when he has obtained freedom by true knowledge, when he has thus become a quiet man.

That fetter wise people call strong which drags down, yields, but is difficult to undo; after having cut this at last, people leave the world, free from cares, and leaving desires and pleasures behind.

Wise people, after they have listened to the laws, become serene, like a deep, smooth, and still lake.

Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus, with thy hand!

The thirst of a thoughtless man grows like a creeper; he runs from life to life, like a monkey seeking fruit in the forest.