Great Throughts Treasury

"The contented are always happy; the discontented are ever miserable."

"Take shelter in God."

"The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress."

"The cruel are feared even by the wise."

"The heart of an excellent person resembles the coconut, which, though hard without, contains refreshing water and delicious food within."

"The husband and wife must, like two wheels, support the chariot of domestic life, otherwise it will stop."

"The more you nourish the anxiety of the heart, quarrels and disorders, the more they increase."

"The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us."

"The earth trembles while she sustains a person who seeks to injure a generous, faithful, and holy person."

"The genuine friend, who is affected with the joys and sorrows of another, is a medicinal cordial, the sanctuary of the heart, the delight of the eyes, and worthy of confidence."

"The friendship of the bad is like the shade of some precipitous bank with crumbling sides, which, falling, buries him who sits beneath."

"The friendship of a good person is not easily interrupted, and if lost is soon regained: a golden bowl is not easily broken, but if broken is soon repaired."

"The good exercise compassion by making the case of others their own."

"The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race."

"The pursuit of knowledge is troublesome at first, but knowledge is a source of great delight when it is acquired."

"The sight of the eyes is not sight; but he is blest with vision who possesses knowledge; the ignorant are the blind."

"The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment."

"The vicious, notwithstanding the sweetness of their words, and the honey on their tongues, have a whole storehouse of poison in their hearts."

"The storm may uproot the trees, but not the mountains."

"There is no union between the thoughts, the words, and the actions of the wicked; but the thoughts, words, and actions of the good, all agree."

"There is nothing so eloquent as a rattlesnake's tail."

"The soul floats like the lotus on the lake unmoved, unruffled by the tide."

"The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth."

"There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension so we must do what we can with the third."

"There?s no greater enemy than pride/ego"

"They know not their own defects who search for the defects of others."

"To give quickly is a great virtue."

"To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great."

"To carry his load without resting, not to be bothered by heat or cold and always be content: these three things we can learn from a donkey."

"To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak."

"These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller."

"These three take crooked ways: carts, boats, and musicians."

"Truth is our mother, justice our father, pity our wife, respect for others our friend, clemency our children. Surrounded by such relatives we have nothing to fear."

"True happiness consists in making others happy."

"Truth, contentment, patience, and mercy, belong to great minds."

"Turn all things to honey; this is the law of divine living."

"Wash your hands in the flowing Ganges."

"Wealth stops at the house, friends and relatives at the time of death, good and evil deeds follow the dying person"

"Waste makes want."

"When a camel is at the foot of a mountain then judge of his height."

"When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him."

"What a man thinks, that he is; this is the old secret."

"What is beauty without good behavior? What is night without the moon ? What is fluent speech without the gift of poetry?"

"When the devil leaves, heaven comes in."

"When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us."

"Where love reigns the impossible may be attained."

"Where there are no learned men, there even the ignorant are esteemed learned, as where there are no trees, there the lonely palm is esteemed a tree."

"Who are destitute of sight? Those who turn a blind eye. Who are the deafest? Those who ignore good advice."

"Wherever you roam your deeds will follow you as the shadow the substance."

"Who has no sense of his own, what can be done for him? What will a mirror do for him who cannot see?"