678 Quotes About Aphorisms

A jewel rolls on the feet, a glass on the head is kept, but at buying-selling time, a glass is a glass, and a jewel is a jewel.

Endless are the scriptures, too vast is knowledge, limited is time, and many are the obstacles; thus the essence should be taken, like a swan takes out the milk from water.

Even if a sandalwood is cut, it does not forsake its fragrance; even if an elephant grows old, it does not forsake its sportiveness; even if a sugarcane is squeezed in a mill, it does not forsake its sweetness; likewise, even if reduced to abject poverty, a man of noble lineage does not forsake his noble qualities.

Although apparently alive but devoid of righteousness, to me that person is dead; and although dead but was filled with righteousness, that person lives long, without doubt.

The hearts of low men burn with jealous fire upon seeing the fame of others; unable to reach the famed status of others, they start to slander the famous others.

Bondage is a mind that is attached to objects, and freedom is a mind that is unattached to objects; the mind is the cause for human bondage or freedom.

Who obtains all happiness as desired by the heart? In God’s control is everything; therefore, contentment is the refuge.

As in a thousand cows, a calf goes towards its mother; likewise, a performed act goes towards its doer.

One who has no stability in his work, is not happy either in society or in a forest; the society burns him with social gatherings, and the forest burns him with the lack of society.