Great Throughts Treasury

"God is Light more resplendent than all the Suns put together."

"Happiness consists in the absence of anxiety."

"Great anger is more destructive than the sword."

"He does not live in vain; who employs his wealth, his thought, and his speech to advance the good of others."

"Greatness is not the fruit of birth, but of effort: it is not attained but by the greatest exertions; whereas to become insignificant costs no pains: to raise a stone to the top of a mountain requires great labour, but it will descend with the utmost velocity."

"He is a real friend who assists in time of danger."

"He who delivers another from danger, and he who removes terror from the mind, are the greatest of friends."

"He only does not live in vain, who employs his wealth, his thought, his speech to advance the good of others."

"He is a real teacher who not only instructs others, but practices the same instructions himself."

"He who in your presence speaks kindly, but in your absence seeks to injure you, must be utterly rejected, like a bowl of poison covered with milk."

"He who does kind deeds becomes rich."

"He who learns without real understanding fails to benefit; just as the spoon doesn?t taste the sweetness of sugar."

"He who purifies himself in the river of a subdued spirit, the waters of which are truth, its waves compassion, and its shores excellent temper and conduct, will be liberated from this world; but liberation cannot be obtained by just outward observances."

"I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet."

"Help thy brother's boat across, and Lo! Thine own has reached the shore."

"Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers."

"If you ask the hungry man how much is two and two, he replies four loaves."

"If you're going to live by the river, make friends with the crocodile."

"It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all."

"In God?s providence there is no evil, but only good or its preparation."

"It is a cart if it travels well, else it is but timber."

"It is better to make a vow of silence than to utter falsehoods."

"It is better to walk than to run; it is better to stand than to walk; it is better to sit than to stand; it is better to lie than to sit."

"Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured."

"Kill a cow to donate shoes."

"It is through God?s shining that all else shines; by his lustre the universe is illuminated."

"Large desire is endless poverty."

"Let no human being be despised, for who can tell how soon even the lowest may be raised; and how the arrogant fall."

"Let all beings be happy; let all beings be peaceful; let all beings be blissful."

"Let the traveler fainting on his journey take rest under a tree which contains both fruit and shade."

"Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf."

"Live within; be not shaken by outward happenings."

"Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work."

"Look at the clouds, how they roll on, Look at us, how soon we?re gone!"

"Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs, all mortal creatures exist depending upon one another."

"Meditate on your own defects, not that of others."

"No one was ever lost on a straight road."

"Nonviolence is the supreme law of life."

"Many dogs kill a hare, no matter how many turns it makes."

"One should never permit carelessness in one?s adherence to God."

"Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun."

"Of what use is the veil if you are going to dance."

"One no averts seventy evils."

"People are not naturally either friends or enemies: friendship and enmity arise from circumstances."

"Riches are treasured up against the day of danger; but to save life everything is to be sacrificed. If life be preserved, all is safe; if life be lost, all is lost."

"Saints fly only in the eyes of their disciples"

"Sit on the bank of a river and wait: Your enemy's corpse will soon float by."

"Separation secures manifest friendship."

"Shall we teach the Architect of the Universe how to build?"

"Sleep after selling horses and elephants.. Hindu Proverb. Sleep after selling horses and elephants."