Fortune Quote #3853

So long as the desire of man towards woman, even the smallest, is not
destroyed, so long is his mind in bondage, as the calf that drinks milk is
to its mother. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter XX

Fortune Quote #3852

Let, therefore, no man love anything; loss of the beloved is evil. Those
who love nothing, and hate nothing, have no fetters. -- The
Dhammapada, Chapter XVI

Fortune Quote #3851

If a man make himself as he teaches others to be, then, being himself well
subdued, he may subdue others; for one's own self is difficult to
subdue. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter XII

Fortune Quote #3850

A man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but
his knowledge does not grow. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter XI

Fortune Quote #3849

Well-makers lead the water wherever they like; fletchers bend the arrow;
carpenters bend a log of wood; good people fashion themselves. --
The Dhammapada, Chapter X

Fortune Quote #3848

Not nakedness, not platted hair, not dirt, not fasting, or lying on the
earth, not rubbing with dust, not sitting motionless, can purify a mortal
who has not overcome desires. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter X

Fortune Quote #3847

Not in the sky, not in the midst of the sea, not if we enter into the
clefts of the mountains, is there known a spot in the whole world where a
man might be freed from an evil deed. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter IX

Fortune Quote #3846

Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come
nigh unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled;
the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gather it little by
little. -- The Dhammapada, Chapter IX

Fortune Quote #3845

If one man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if
another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors. -- The
Dhammapada, Chapter VIII

Fortune Quote #3844

The fool who knows his foolishness is wise at least so far. But a fool
who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed. -- The
Dhammapada, Chapter V